Bold? Yes. Heroic? No...not really. Stupid? I think so but you tell me. The battle between an island detachment & Russian Warships.

“This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you’ll be bombed.”

Zmiinyi defenders: “Russian warship, go fuck yourself.” https://t.co/0V3749owtc pic.twitter.com/HtEEEpxNuc

— Woofers (@NotWoofers) February 24, 2022

Zmiinyi defenders fought to the death and died to a man.

— Woofers (@NotWoofers) February 24, 2022

I'm trying to get the real story on this but it goes a bit like this.

-  Russian warships approached an insignificant island and told the detachment to lay down their weapons.

-  Detachment commander turns up the volume and tells the Russians to go fuck themselves.

-  The detachment is bombarded for several hours and the unit dies to a man.

Some will call this heroic.

I'm sure this stand will make it into modern culture and the story will be spun.

In my mind the reality is a bit more stark. From what I've read (and I'm trying to find more details), they didn't even bloody their enemy.

They simply made a statement of defiance, got bombed into the stone ages, died, and the Russian warships moved on.

Hardly heroic.  In my mind a weird command decision (unless the commander had info that his men would be savaged if they did surrender) that guaranteed his men would die WITHOUT achieving even the simple goal of inflicting damage on the enemy.

In my mind it was a waste of lives.

Like I said.

Bold? Yes.

Heroic? No...not really.

Stupid? I think so.

But tell me what you think.

Note.  From what I've read it appears that someone in Ukrainian HQ put these guys out on a long limb without support, and left them there.