| Title: | Ukrainian island defenders were captured by Russia, not killed |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.324N64Y |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | March 8, 2022 |
| Description: | Social media posts, online articles and Ukraine’s president hailed 13 of the country’s border guards as heroes, saying they were killed on a small Black Sea island after rejecting a Russian warship’s surrender demand. But Kyiv’s navy later admitted the troops were captive rather than dead, and Moscow said dozens had surrendered. |
Ukrainian island defenders were captured by Russia, not killed
Social media posts, online articles and Ukraine's president hailed 13 of the country's border guards as heroes, saying they were killed on a small Black Sea island after rejecting a Russian warship's surrender demand. But Kyiv's navy later admitted the troops were captive rather than dead, and Moscow said dozens had surrendered.
