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In March 2022, an image started circulating on social media that supposedly showed a stamp released by the Ukrainian government that showed a soldier giving the middle finger to a Russian warship. This is the design for an official stamp that was approved by Ukrposhta, the Ukrainian post office, in March 2022, called Russian Warship, Go Fuck Yourself. The artwork for this stamp was created by Borys Groh to commemorate a Ukrainian soldier's profane refusal to acquiesce to a Russian warship's demand to lay down weapons. Ukrposhta wrote in its announcement for the new stamp (translated via Google): The stamp will commemorate an incident that took place in February 2022, during the first few days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, when a Russian warship threatened a group of Ukrainian soldiers on Snake Island. NPR reported: While initial reports indicated that these Ukrainian soldiers were killed shortly after this exchange, it is now believed that they survived the ordeal, were captured by Russian forces, and then sent to sent to Sevastopol, a city in Russian-annexed Crimea. Ukrposhta said that the new stamp will be available in the near future and encouraged Ukrainians to send it to their friends abroad or send a fiery hello to the Russians. You can see other fact checks related to Russia's attack on Ukraine here. If you'd like us to investigate a rumor, please drop us a line here.
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