As information from the Ukrainian war becomes harder and harder to defuse, one of the biggest morale boosting stories to date may have been intentionally faked by pro-Ukrainian sources.
Early this morning, Russian media outlet Russia Today (RT), published a video of surrendered Ukrainian servicemen arriving at a port in Crimea.
According to RT, these were the now famous defenders of “Snake Island” that had reportedly died after telling a Russian warship to “go f*ck yourself.“
RT published an official statement on the matter in Russian on their Telegram channel. The statement has been translated to English using Google: