Ukrainian border guards’ defiant stand towards a Russian warship grew to become a rallying cry all through the war-torn nation, and now it’s set to be an official postage stamp.
“Russian warship, go fuck your self!” shouted a Ukrainian border guard alongside a dozen different troopers stationed on Snake Island within the Black Sea initially of Russia’s invasion final month.
Audio of the incident rapidly went viral and have become an emblem of Ukrainian resistance towards the Russians. Although the border guards had been first thought to have been killed, they’re now reported to have been captured and are alive.
Ukrposhta, the nation’s postal service, announced a new stamp commemorating the event on Saturday. The stamp, created by artist Boris Groh, exhibits a Ukrainian border guard on an island going through a warship within the distance. He holds a rifle in a single hand. His different hand provides the warship a assured center finger.
“With this stamp, you possibly can ship letters and postcards even overseas,” Ukrposhta wrote in a Fb replace. “And most significantly, they are going to have a sewn-in message that you just already know nicely: ‘Russian warship, go fuck your self!’”
Groh was amongst 20 artists whose stamp design made it to a last voting spherical. Groh’s stamp received 1,700 out of the overall 8,000 votes, according to Business Insider.
