On 24 February 2022 during the attack on Snake Island, 13 Ukrainian State Border Guards were ordered by the Russian warship Moskva to surrender or the ship would open fire. The border guards refused to surrender responding with "Russian warship, go fuck yourself". The Russian warship opened fire soon after, with a bombardment that was initially believed to have killed all 13 guards; President Zelenskyy then announced that all 13 soldiers would receive the title of "Hero of Ukraine" posthumously, although the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine said a few days later that it had a "strong belief" that the men had survived to receive the award.
