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"'''Russian warship, go fuck yourself'''"{{efn|{{lang-rus|Русский военный корабль, [[Mat (Russian profanity)|иди нахуй]] |r=Rússkiy voyénniy korábl, idí náhuy}}),<ref>{{cite news |author1=<!-- Staff writer(s) --> |title=Герои мема "Русский военный корабль, иди на..." с острова Змеиный живы, но взяты в плен |url=https://www.bbcrussian.com/russian/news-60523774 |access-date=12 March 2022 |work=[[BBC News Russian]] |publisher=[[BBC World Service]] |date=25 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312151119/https://www.bbcrussian.com/russian/news-60523774 |archive-date=12 March 2022 |language=ru}}</ref> {{lang-uk|Російський військовий корабель, іди нахуй}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clapp |first1=Alexander |title=Fighters with Ukraine's foreign legion are being asked to sign indefinite contracts. Some have refused |url=https://www.economist.com/1843/2022/03/11/fighters-with-ukraines-foreign-legion-are-being-asked-to-sign-indefinite-contracts-some-have-refused |access-date=12 March 2022 |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312051931/https://www.economist.com/1843/2022/03/11/fighters-with-ukraines-foreign-legion-are-being-asked-to-sign-indefinite-contracts-some-have-refused |archive-date=12 March 2022}}</ref>}} was the last communication made during the February 2022 [[Attack on Snake Island|Russian attack on Snake Island]] in [[Ukraine]]'s territorial waters, by border guard Roman Hrybov (also transliterated ''Gribov''). The phrase, and derivations of it, became widely adopted during the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref name=LH/> Weeks later, the phrase was commemorated on a postage stamp by [[Ukrposhta]], the Ukrainian postal service.<ref name=GUAR/> On his release, Hrybov was awarded a medal for his actions.<ref name=G1/> During his captivity, his family applied for a [[defensive trademark]] on the slogan.<ref name=WTR/> |
"'''Russian warship, go fuck yourself'''"{{efn|{{lang-rus|Русский военный корабль, [[Mat (Russian profanity)|иди нахуй]] |r=Rússkiy voyénniy korábl, idí náhuy}}),<ref>{{cite news |author1=<!-- Staff writer(s) --> |title=Герои мема "Русский военный корабль, иди на..." с острова Змеиный живы, но взяты в плен |url=https://www.bbcrussian.com/russian/news-60523774 |access-date=12 March 2022 |work=[[BBC News Russian]] |publisher=[[BBC World Service]] |date=25 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312151119/https://www.bbcrussian.com/russian/news-60523774 |archive-date=12 March 2022 |language=ru}}</ref> {{lang-uk|Російський військовий корабель, іди нахуй}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clapp |first1=Alexander |title=Fighters with Ukraine's foreign legion are being asked to sign indefinite contracts. Some have refused |url=https://www.economist.com/1843/2022/03/11/fighters-with-ukraines-foreign-legion-are-being-asked-to-sign-indefinite-contracts-some-have-refused |access-date=12 March 2022 |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312051931/https://www.economist.com/1843/2022/03/11/fighters-with-ukraines-foreign-legion-are-being-asked-to-sign-indefinite-contracts-some-have-refused |archive-date=12 March 2022}}</ref>}} was the last communication made during the February 2022 [[Attack on Snake Island|Russian attack on Snake Island]] in [[Ukraine]]'s territorial waters, by border guard Roman Hrybov (also transliterated ''Gribov''). The phrase, and derivations of it, became widely adopted during the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref name=LH/> Weeks later, the phrase was commemorated on a postage stamp by [[Ukrposhta]], the Ukrainian postal service.<ref name=GUAR/> On his release, Hrybov was awarded a medal for his actions.<ref name=G1/> During his captivity, his family applied for a [[defensive trademark]] on the slogan.<ref name=WTR/> |
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"Ukrainian 1" is believed to be Roman Hrybov (also transliterated ''Gribov'').<ref name="Techdirt" /><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Sharp |first=Sara Rose |date=22 March 2022 |title=Ukraine Immortalizes "Russian Warship, Go Fuck Yourself" on a Postal Stamp |url=https://hyperallergic.com/717760/ukraine-immortalizes-russian-warship-go-fuck-yourself-on-a-postal-stamp/ |magazine=[[Hyperallergic]] |accessdate=27 March 2022}}</ref> Subsequently, Snake Island was captured by the Russian naval forces, and the thirteen soldiers defending it were thought to have been killed in the Russian assault. [[Ukrainian president|Ukrainian President]] [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] announced he would "posthumously" award the soldiers on Snake Island with the highest Ukrainian honour, the [[Hero of Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite news | first1 = Valentina | last1 = Romanenko |date=25 February 2022|script-title=uk:"Русский корабль, иди на х.й!": захисники Зміїного відповіли ворогові | trans-title = "Russian ship, go fuck yourself!": Defenders of the Serpent responded to the enemy|language=uk|work=[[Ukrayinska Pravda]]|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/02/25/7325592/|accessdate=28 February 2022|archive-date=25 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225021042/https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/02/25/7325592/|url-status=live|oclc = 1066371688}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | first1 = Katie | last1 = Campione|date=25 February 2022|title='Go Fuck Yourself': Ukrainian Soldiers Celebrated as Viral Heroes for Last Words to Russian Warship|language=en|work=[[TheWrap]]|url=https://www.thewrap.com/go-fuck-yourself-ukrainian-soldiers-memes-tributes/|accessdate=27 February 2022|archive-date=25 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225183727/https://www.thewrap.com/go-fuck-yourself-ukrainian-soldiers-memes-tributes/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
"Ukrainian 1" is believed to be Roman Hrybov (also transliterated ''Gribov'').<ref name="Techdirt" /><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Sharp |first=Sara Rose |date=22 March 2022 |title=Ukraine Immortalizes "Russian Warship, Go Fuck Yourself" on a Postal Stamp |url=https://hyperallergic.com/717760/ukraine-immortalizes-russian-warship-go-fuck-yourself-on-a-postal-stamp/ |magazine=[[Hyperallergic]] |accessdate=27 March 2022}}</ref> Author and academic Alex Abramovich, writing in the ''[[London Review of Books]]'', noted that a more literal translation of "Йди нахуй", transliterated as "Idi na khuy", is "Go to a dick", or more idiomatically "Go sit on a dick".<ref name="LRB" /><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Wordsworth |first=Dot |date=5 March 2022 |title=The complicated business of swearing in Ukrainian |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-complicated-business-of-swearing-in-ukrainian |magazine=[[The Spectator]] |accessdate=31 March 2022}}</ref> |
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Subsequently, Snake Island was captured by the Russian naval forces, and the thirteen soldiers defending it were thought to have been killed in the Russian assault. [[Ukrainian president|Ukrainian President]] [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] announced he would "posthumously" award the soldiers on Snake Island with the highest Ukrainian honour, the [[Hero of Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite news | first1 = Valentina | last1 = Romanenko |date=25 February 2022|script-title=uk:"Русский корабль, иди на х.й!": захисники Зміїного відповіли ворогові | trans-title = "Russian ship, go fuck yourself!": Defenders of the Serpent responded to the enemy|language=uk|work=[[Ukrayinska Pravda]]|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/02/25/7325592/|accessdate=28 February 2022|archive-date=25 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225021042/https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/02/25/7325592/|url-status=live|oclc = 1066371688}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | first1 = Katie | last1 = Campione|date=25 February 2022|title='Go Fuck Yourself': Ukrainian Soldiers Celebrated as Viral Heroes for Last Words to Russian Warship|language=en|work=[[TheWrap]]|url=https://www.thewrap.com/go-fuck-yourself-ukrainian-soldiers-memes-tributes/|accessdate=27 February 2022|archive-date=25 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225183727/https://www.thewrap.com/go-fuck-yourself-ukrainian-soldiers-memes-tributes/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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On 28 February 2022, the [[Ukrainian Navy]] posted on its Facebook page that all the border guards of the island were thought to be alive and detained by the [[Russian Navy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/navy.mil.gov.ua/posts/324444389723150|script-title=uk:Стосовно дій РФ біля острову Зміїний | trans-title = Regarding the actions of the Russian Federation near Snake Island |agency=[[Ukrainian Navy]] |date=28 February 2022|access-date=2022-03-05|archive-date=28 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228173017/https://www.facebook.com/navy.mil.gov.ua/posts/324444389723150|url-status=live|via=[[Facebook]] | script-quote = uk:Щодо морських піхотинців та прикордордонників, яких взяли в полон російські окупанти на острові Зміїний. Ми дуже раді дізнатися про те, що наші побратими живі і з ними все добре! | trans-quote = As for the Marines and frontier guards captured by the Russian occupiers on Snake Island. We are very happy to learn that our brothers are alive and well! }}{{Self-published inline|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Ukrainian Navy confirms Snake Island soldiers are alive, POWs |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-698897 | work = [[The Jerusalem Post]] | issn = 0021-597X |date=28 February 2022 |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=28 February 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228172948/https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-698897 | url-status=live }}</ref> On 24 March 2022, some of the Snake Island border guards, including Roman Hrybov, were returned to Ukraine in a prisoner exchange.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-29 |title=Роман Грибов, ставший автором фразы "русский корабль, иди на**й", вернулся из плена |url=https://vesti.ua/strana/pogranichnik-zmeinogo-poslavshij-russkij-voennye-korabl-vernulsya-iz-plena |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=ВЕСТИ |language=ru}}</ref> On 29 March 2022, Hrybov returned to his native [[Cherkasy]] region, and was given a medal for his actions.<ref name="G1">{{cite news | newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/29/ukrainian-soldier-russian-warship-medal-snake-island | title=Ukraine gives medal to soldier who told Russian officer to 'go fuck yourself' | first=Pjotr |last=Sauer | date=29 March 2022 | accessdate=30 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| website=[[NDTV]] | url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/ukraine-welcomes-home-soldier-who-told-f-yourself-to-russian-warship-in-snake-island-2850830 | title=Ukraine Welcomes Home Soldier Who Told "Go F*** Yourself" To Russians | first=Debanish | last=Achom | date=29 March 2022 | accessdate=29 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="OD">{{cite news | newspaper=The Odessa Journal | url=https://odessa-journal.com/ukrainian-border-guard-who-sent-a-russian-warship-returned-to-his-homeland-and-received-an-award/ | title=Ukrainian border guard, who "sent" a Russian warship, returned to his homeland and received an award | date=29 March 2022 | accessdate=29 March 2022}}</ref><gallery mode="slideshow" style="float:right;max-width:350px"> |
On 28 February 2022, the [[Ukrainian Navy]] posted on its Facebook page that all the border guards of the island were thought to be alive and detained by the [[Russian Navy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/navy.mil.gov.ua/posts/324444389723150|script-title=uk:Стосовно дій РФ біля острову Зміїний | trans-title = Regarding the actions of the Russian Federation near Snake Island |agency=[[Ukrainian Navy]] |date=28 February 2022|access-date=2022-03-05|archive-date=28 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228173017/https://www.facebook.com/navy.mil.gov.ua/posts/324444389723150|url-status=live|via=[[Facebook]] | script-quote = uk:Щодо морських піхотинців та прикордордонників, яких взяли в полон російські окупанти на острові Зміїний. Ми дуже раді дізнатися про те, що наші побратими живі і з ними все добре! | trans-quote = As for the Marines and frontier guards captured by the Russian occupiers on Snake Island. We are very happy to learn that our brothers are alive and well! }}{{Self-published inline|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Ukrainian Navy confirms Snake Island soldiers are alive, POWs |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-698897 | work = [[The Jerusalem Post]] | issn = 0021-597X |date=28 February 2022 |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=28 February 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228172948/https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-698897 | url-status=live }}</ref> On 24 March 2022, some of the Snake Island border guards, including Roman Hrybov, were returned to Ukraine in a prisoner exchange.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-29 |title=Роман Грибов, ставший автором фразы "русский корабль, иди на**й", вернулся из плена |url=https://vesti.ua/strana/pogranichnik-zmeinogo-poslavshij-russkij-voennye-korabl-vernulsya-iz-plena |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=ВЕСТИ |language=ru}}</ref> On 29 March 2022, Hrybov returned to his native [[Cherkasy]] region, and was given a medal for his actions.<ref name="G1">{{cite news | newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/29/ukrainian-soldier-russian-warship-medal-snake-island | title=Ukraine gives medal to soldier who told Russian officer to 'go fuck yourself' | first=Pjotr |last=Sauer | date=29 March 2022 | accessdate=30 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| website=[[NDTV]] | url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/ukraine-welcomes-home-soldier-who-told-f-yourself-to-russian-warship-in-snake-island-2850830 | title=Ukraine Welcomes Home Soldier Who Told "Go F*** Yourself" To Russians | first=Debanish | last=Achom | date=29 March 2022 | accessdate=29 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="OD">{{cite news | newspaper=The Odessa Journal | url=https://odessa-journal.com/ukrainian-border-guard-who-sent-a-russian-warship-returned-to-his-homeland-and-received-an-award/ | title=Ukrainian border guard, who "sent" a Russian warship, returned to his homeland and received an award | date=29 March 2022 | accessdate=29 March 2022}}</ref><gallery mode="slideshow" style="float:right;max-width:350px"> |
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"Russian warship, go fuck yourself"[a] was the last communication made during the February 2022 Russian attack on Snake Island in Ukraine's territorial waters, by border guard Roman Hrybov (also transliterated Gribov). The phrase, and derivations of it, became widely adopted during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3] Weeks later, the phrase was commemorated on a postage stamp by Ukrposhta, the Ukrainian postal service.[4] On his release, Hrybov was awarded a medal for his actions.[5] During his captivity, his family applied for a defensive trademark on the slogan.[6]
Background
On 24 February 2022, two Russian warships began an assault on Snake Island, a Ukrainian island located in the Black Sea. As a small island with only a single village, populated by fewer than 30 people, only a small contingent of 13 border guards were stationed on the island at the time of the attack. During the onslaught, one of the Russian warships taking part in the siege of the island called on the soldiers to surrender in exchange for safety, at which point, the defenders curtly declined the offer, and responded with the remark.[8][9] The exchange leading to it has been translated as:[10]
Russian warship: "Snake Island, I, Russian warship, repeat the offer: put down your arms and surrender, or you will be bombed. Have you understood me? Do you copy?"
Ukrainian 1: "That’s it, then. Or, do we need to fuck them back off?"
Ukrainian 2: "Might as well."
Ukrainian 1: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."
"Ukrainian 1" is believed to be Roman Hrybov (also transliterated Gribov).[11][12] Author and academic Alex Abramovich, writing in the London Review of Books, noted that a more literal translation of "Йди нахуй", transliterated as "Idi na khuy", is "Go to a dick", or more idiomatically "Go sit on a dick".[10][13]
Subsequently, Snake Island was captured by the Russian naval forces, and the thirteen soldiers defending it were thought to have been killed in the Russian assault. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced he would "posthumously" award the soldiers on Snake Island with the highest Ukrainian honour, the Hero of Ukraine.[14][15]
On 28 February 2022, the Ukrainian Navy posted on its Facebook page that all the border guards of the island were thought to be alive and detained by the Russian Navy.[16][17] On 24 March 2022, some of the Snake Island border guards, including Roman Hrybov, were returned to Ukraine in a prisoner exchange.[18] On 29 March 2022, Hrybov returned to his native Cherkasy region, and was given a medal for his actions.[5][19][20]
Reception
Recordings of the exchange became widely circulated on the internet and went viral on various social media platforms, and it has since become a rallying cry by both the Ukrainian military and civilians protesting the invasion.[21]
US Senator Ben Sasse mentioned the phrase while speaking on the Senate floor on 28 February: "One Ukrainian after conversing with some of his colleagues a little bit on a recording that many who may have now heard, decided to turn up the volume and he announced, 'Russian warship, idi nakhuy'. [...] That is now the rallying cry of the Ukrainian resistance".[22]
Andrew Keen writing in the Literary Hub noted that as a result of the slogan, "Even the f-word had been weaponized" and that it was now a "popular internet meme of resistance to the Russian invasion".[3] The Washington Post said that "Ukraine is fighting back, one swear word at a time".[23]
Historical comparisons
The Week compared the phrase to "Remember the Alamo" from the 19th century Texas Revolution.[24] The Small Wars Journal likened the phrase to other notable battle taunts such as "Molon labe" (from the Battle of Thermopylae), and "Nuts!" (from the Battle of the Bulge), amongst others.[25]
The phrase also has been compared to the Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, when the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Mehmed IV asked for the surrender of the Zaporozhian Cossacks (who lived in modern Central Ukraine), who refused, answering with a profanity-laden letter.[26]
Continued use
On 26 February 2022, the Ukrainian Armed Forces blew up a railroad junction connecting Ukrainian and Russian railways to prevent the Russian army from transporting military equipment and personnel into Ukraine by rail. When the Russian military asked Ukraine to restore the junction for humanitarian reasons, the Ukrainian dispatcher replied, "Russian train, go fuck yourself!".[27]
On 27 February 2022, a Russian ship approached a Georgian oil tanker asking for fuel. The latter replied "Russian ship, go fuck yourself" (русский корабль, иди нахуй). When the Russians complained that they were almost out of fuel, they were told to use their oars.[28][29]
On 7 March 2022, the Russian ship Vasily Bykov, which previously successfully attacked Snake Island and was approaching Odessa, was allegedly hit by Ukrainian defense forces. They celebrated with "we fucking hit them!" and "Russian ship, go fuck yourself."[30] However, on 16 March 2022, Vasily Bykov was seen entering Sevastopol with no damage visible.[31]
In March 2022, Ukrainian band Botashe released a song titled "PNH" (Ukrainian: ПНХ), which predominantly features the phrase.[32]
On 29 March 2022, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense released the "Ukrainian military Oscars" (in tandem with the 94th Academy Awards) and gave the award for Best Picture to the sinking of the Saratov on 21 March, in Berdiansk, and to which it ascribed the mock-film title, "Russian Warship, Go F*** Yourself in Berdyansk".[33]
Commemorative stamp
On 1 March 2022, Ukrposhta, the Ukrainian postal service, launched a stamp design competition on the theme of the phrase.[34][35] On 12 March 2022, the First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova announced that artist Borys Grokh's work won the popular vote of Ukrposhta for the sketch for the stamp.[4][36] Fact-checking site Snopes said that Grokh had lived in Yevpatoria in the Crimea all his life and was studying to be an artist, but as a result of the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014, he was forced to leave his home and had moved to Kyiv and later to Lviv.[37] Snopes quoted that Ukrposhta encouraged Ukrainians to send the same to their "friends abroad or send a fiery "hello" to the Russians".[37]
Trademarking
On 17 March 2022, World Trademark Review (WTR) reported that lawyers for Hrybov, through his family and the Ukrainian military, had filed for an EU trademark for the slogan in both Cyrillic script and in English.[6] The lawyers told WTR that it was needed to respond to hostile filings by clothing companies in the United States and in Lithuania who were also seeking to trademark the slogan.[6] Techdirt commented that it was a "depressing coda to an otherwise inspiring story", but that the fact that the slogan had reached meme status from which others were profiting had likely changed the situation.[11]
See also
- "La garde meurt mais ne se rend pas" and "Merde!" ("shit", figuratively "go to hell"), historic response of French General Pierre Cambronne to a request to surrender at the Battle of Waterloo (1815)
- "Molon labe", historic Spartan expression of defiance from the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC)
- "NUTS!", historic response to an offer of surrender from Nazi Germany at the Siege of Bastogne (1944)
- Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, a painting by Ilya Repin depicting the legend of a defiant Cossack response to an Ottoman ultimatum
- "Je vous répondrai par la bouche de mes canons!" ("I will answer you with the mouths of my cannons"), shortened version of Frontenac's historic response at the Battle of Quebec (1690)
- "They shall not pass", historic phrase of military defiance from many encounters
Notes
References
- ^ "Герои мема "Русский военный корабль, иди на..." с острова Змеиный живы, но взяты в плен". BBC News Russian (in Russian). BBC World Service. 25 February 2022. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ Clapp, Alexander (11 March 2022). "Fighters with Ukraine's foreign legion are being asked to sign indefinite contracts. Some have refused". The Economist. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ a b Keen, Andrew (4 March 2022). ""Go Fuck Yourself." On Putin's Propaganda and the Week in Ukrainian Resistance". Literary Hub. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ a b Michael, Chris (12 March 2022). "Ukraine reveals 'Russian warship, go fuck yourself' postage stamp". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ^ a b Sauer, Pjotr (29 March 2022). "Ukraine gives medal to soldier who told Russian officer to 'go fuck yourself'". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ a b c Lince, Tim (17 March 2022). "Ukrainian Snake Island soldier seeks trademark for iconic phrase, as major brand challenges grow in Russia". World Trademark Review. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Знову відправили російський корабель додому. У Києві влаштували шоу на фоні Батьківщини-матері" (in Ukrainian). Suspilne. 2 March 2022.
- ^ Balmforth, Tom (25 February 2022). Trevelyan, Mark; Jones, Gareth (eds.). "'Russian warship, go fuck yourself': Kyiv to honour troops killed on island". Reuters. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
Texas has "Remember the Alamo!" Ukraine now has "Russian warship, go f--k yourself!" — or "Go f--k yourself!" for short. Those were the final words a group of 13 Ukrainian border guards relayed to a Russian battleship that had ordered them to surrender. The guards were stationed on Zmiinyi Island (Snake Island), a strategically important rock in the Black Sea.
- ^ "Ukraine soldiers told Russian officer 'go fuck yourself' before they died on island". The Guardian. 25 February 2022. eISSN 1756-3224. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ a b Abramovich, Alex (28 March 2022). "Иди Hаxуй". London Review of Books. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ a b Geigner, Timothy (18 March 2022). "Ukrainian Soldier Moves To Trademark 'Russian Warship, Go Fuck Yourself" Because Of Course". Techdirt.
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- Ukrainian soldier after warning: 'Russian warship, go f*** yourself' on YouTube (25 Feb 2022). CNN News.