Hero's welcome for the Ukrainian POWs who told Putin warship to 'Go f*** yourself' while defending Snake Island as they are liberated in prisoner swap

Nineteen heroic Ukrainian defenders of Snake Island were liberated today in a PoW exchange with Russia.

They became an international symbol of Ukrainian resistance at the start of the brutal war some 27 months ago, after telling a Russian warship: ‘Go f*** yourself.’

They were among 75 from each side swapped in a new release deal.

On the Ukrainian side it also included defenders of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant which briefly fell under Russian control, and fighters from Mariupol.

The…