Many Happy Parents, Many Sad Propagandists: Snake Island Garrison Is Alive And Well In Russian Captivity
EuroKiev would have prefered them to have stayed dead
An obvious Soviet-style fabrication from the get-go but Westerners ate it up. Who knew the West was eager for Socialist Realism.
What were 82 guys with small arms supposed to do against a missile cruiser? (13 guys in the EuroKiev version.) Chosen death, for what? To make a point?
You’re supposed to fight while your resistance can still be useful. But if your resistance can no longer delay or attrition the enemy, laying down arms becomes permissible, and a strict order from your mother/spouse/child.