Igor Smilyansky, executive director of the Ukrainian Post, holds the new postage stamp commemorating the famous exchange of Snake Island between Russian and Ukrainian forces at the post office in Kyiv, Ukraine on April 14. (REUTERS / Valentyn Ogirenko)
The sinking of the Russian missile cruiser “Moscow” in the Black Sea comes days after Ukraine issued a stamp commemorating the famous exchange of Snake Island between Russian and Ukrainian forces.
An adviser to the Ukrainian president confirmed on Thursday that Moscow was one of the ships involved in the exchange in February.
The island was hit by Russian missile strikes after Ukrainian defenders responded to the threat of a Russian invasion by saying, “Russian warship, get out.”
The stamp: Ukrposhta, the Ukrainian postal service, announced on Tuesday that it had issued a postage stamp with the slogan. It shows a Ukrainian soldier standing defiantly facing a Russian warship in open water.
Roman Hribov – the Ukrainian soldier who uttered the phrase – was invited to the brand’s opening ceremony, the service said in a statement.
Some contexts: Ukrainian soldiers were originally thought to have been killed in a subsequent attack, but were instead forced to surrender “for lack of ammunition”, according to the Ukrainian navy. Hribov was later released as part of an exchange of prisoners.
The phrase became a popular Ukrainian slogan during the invasion and was used as a symbol of disobedience.
“Without it, there would be no postage stamp or such strong resistance as the example of the soldiers from Snake Island (Snake Island),” the statement said.
The warship: There have been conflicting reports of the sinking of the warship, the Russian state news agency TASS reported on Thursday.
Ukraine’s South Operational Command said on Thursday that Moscow had begun sinking after being hit by Neptune anti-ship missiles.
Russia says a fire broke out, causing an explosion of ammunition on board, causing serious damage to the ship and forcing its crew to be evacuated.
CNN was unable to verify what caused the damage to the ship.
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