"Russian warship, go fuck yourself" was the final communication made on 24 February, the first day of the 2022 Snake Island campaign, by Ukrainian border guard Roman Hrybov to the Russian missile crui
Billboard in Dnipro, Ukraine, with the statement written in Russian
Snake Island in 2008
Cruiser Moskva in 2009
Patrol ship Vasily Bykov in 2022
Sinking of the Moskva
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The Russian warship Moskva, the flagship of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet, was attacked and sunk by Ukrainian forces on 14 April 2022 during the Russo-Ukrainian war. Ukrainian officials announced
Moskva seen from the air in 2012
An R-360 Neptune launcher near Kyiv in 2019
Moskva moored in Sevastopol Bay in 2012
An image of Moskva, purportedly on fire and listing following the incident. This image is one of the few physical confirmations of the nature of the ship's damage, and is the primary source of open-source internet reports