Later in the evening, the State Border Guard Service stated that communication with the island had been lost[7] and at 22:00 (01:00 Moscow Time, UTC+2), announced that Russian forces had captured the island following a naval and air bombardment that destroyed all infrastructure on the island.[8][9] Thirteen border guards, representing the entirety of the Ukrainian military presence on the island, were killed during the battle after refusing to surrender.[10][11] One of the Ukrainian soldiers live-streamed the moment that the Russian warship opened fire.[12]