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Remember Snake Island

February 25, 2022, by JimC

“Russian warship: Go fuck yourself.”

A salute to the brave. Remember Snake Island.

UPDATE:

The Snake Island defenders apparently survived.

On Monday, a statement from the Ukrainian Navy said that the soldiers on the island repelled two attacks by Russian forces but in the end were forced to surrender “due to the lack of ammunition.” Russian forces have allegedly completely destroyed the islands infrastructure: lighthouses, towers and antennas.

 

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Comments

  1. Paul McNamee says

    February 25, 2022 at 7:53 am

    I imagine the ghost of Robert E. Howard smiling grimly and nodding.

    Reply
  2. Jimmy says

    February 25, 2022 at 3:58 pm

    Bravo Zulu

    Reply
  3. Quixotic Mainer says

    February 25, 2022 at 5:34 pm

    Normally I’m skeptical of foreign feuds, but when one side will use shipboard weapons to pound thirteen footmen on an isolated rock to death just for insulting them, it gets easier to see the villain.

    I expect Travis and Leonidas smiled at them when they met up.

    Reply
    • JimC says

      February 25, 2022 at 8:46 pm

      “We would rather die in these ditches…”

      Reply
  4. David Wrolson says

    February 25, 2022 at 6:46 pm

    Obviously, there is a lot of propaganda floating around, but I had to smile at one story that said Ukrainian women were telling Russian soldiers to put sunflower seeds in there pockets so when they die the seeds would grow in Ukrainian soil. Apocryphal or not-it is still a good story.

    Reply
    • JimC says

      February 25, 2022 at 8:44 pm

      Yes, that’s legendary either way.

      Reply
  5. David Wrolson says

    February 26, 2022 at 8:53 pm

    Jim, this video of a Ukrainian soldier made me wish George MacDonald Fraser was still alive. Shades of his Private MacAuslan and GMF would absolutely love it.

    Reminds me of friends who served in the military saying stuff like “There is always that one guy” and “Don’t be that guy.”

    https://twitter.com/WarPath2pt0/status/1497603448807821317

    Note the soldier behind the speaker’s right soldier as he drops his magazine. The first couple of responses (in the form of panels) are priceless as well.

    Reply
    • JimC says

      February 27, 2022 at 6:36 am

      That’s great. “Just cover the mag well… Nothing to see here…”

      Reply

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