Ukrainian Postal Service Launches ‘Russian Warship, Go F*ck Yourself’ Stamp
Screenshot via Twitter.
“Russian warship, go f*ck yourself!”
That was the epic response from a small group of Ukrainian soldiers defending Snake Island to a Russian vessel’s demand that they surrender. A recording of the radio exchange quickly went viral, with the salty phrase becoming “a rallying cry for Ukraine’s defenders” and appearing in countless memes and even on T-shirts being sold to benefit humanitarian charities in Ukraine.
And now it’s inspired a postage stamp.
The Ukrainian postal service held a contest for a new postage stamp, and the winning design was a sketch by an artist from Lviv named Boris Groh. In the image, a Ukrainian soldier can be seen defiantly holding up a middle finger to a passing Russian warship.
Emine Dzheppar, Ukraine’s first deputy minister of foreign affairs, announced the winning stamp design on Twitter Saturday, writing that Groh’s design had “received the most votes and will soon be published by Ukraine’s state postal company.”
The postage stamp named “Russian warship, go f**k yourself!” will appear in🇺🇦. The sketch by artist Boris Groh received the most votes and will soon be published by Ukraine’s state postal company.
🇺🇦✌️#StandWithUkraine#StopRussianAgression pic.twitter.com/ByYAzw2tYq— Emine Dzheppar (@EmineDzheppar) March 12, 2022
A few days before the announcement, Groh tweeted his artwork along with the caption that it was “[b]ased on recent events.”
“Russian warship, go f*ck yourself”
Based on recent events.#StandWithUkriane #StopWar #BlackSea #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/9749uNNBTV— Boris Groh (@BorisGrohArt) February 28, 2022
The stamp does not yet appear available for purchase, but Ukraine may have a successful fundraising opportunity with this stamp, based on the numerous responses from international Twitter users hoping to purchase some.
