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Defiant Ukrainian border guards taken hostage on Snake Island are ‘alive and well,’ army says

The guards made headlines with a defiant stand against an incoming Russian warship when they refused to surrender their posts on Snake Island in the Black Sea.

A serviceman standing guard as he boat patrols a water area of Ukraine's Black Sea port of Mariupol on Feb. 11.
A serviceman standing guard as he boat patrols a water area of Ukraine's Black Sea port of Mariupol on Feb. 11.Read moreAleksey Filippov/AFP / MCT
    by Kate Feldman, New York Daily News
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