13 border guards killed defending Ukraine's Zmiinyi island from Russia

Ukraine's Government is to honour a group of soldiers who died while defending one of the country's islands from Russian forces. Kyiv says it lost contact with 13 border guards stationed on Zmiinyi (Snake) island after they refused to



follow orders from a Russian warship to surrender their weapons. Ukraine says they were then bombarded by air and sea. Russia denies killing anyone and says all troops surrendered.