We’d suggest that in the future wars will be fought not on the battlefield but on social media, but it looks like it’s already happening. It was weird enough watching officials from Norway and Denmark squabble online over which country was the true homeland of trolls, but now Russia and Ukraine are getting into it.
As Twitchy reported, Russia’s official Twitter account responded to a new batch of sanctions signed into law by President Trump by issuing a sort of threat, accompanied by what looks like an ad for a Renaissance fair. We’re going to go ahead and assume these aren’t the same people who “hacked” the 2016 election with their mad computer skills.
Whoever comes to us with #sanctions, from sanctions will perish. We dedicate this video to those who try to hurt us with new sanctions! pic.twitter.com/VdoYI3mK2u
— Russia ?? (@Russia) August 2, 2017
Now Ukraine has jumped in, choosing to troll Russia over its threat that America will perish by sanctions if that’s the route it chooses to take. Oh, and they included a South Park GIF to illustrate their point.
If you'd respected international law, you would've avoided sanctions & would've been sending missions to Mars now, not running with sticks pic.twitter.com/sNJ02LeNwY
— Ukraine / Україна (@Ukraine) August 2, 2017
And… That's a SICK burn from Ukraine. https://t.co/KqbHxDFQJf
— Cinderblock Stan Account (@MvelaseP) August 2, 2017
That is quite a burn.
https://twitter.com/axadxx/status/892884886008217600
Not only are two countries arguing via Twitter again, but they're now using South Park gifs… https://t.co/O9Sg3Dkq6h
— Kassy Dillon (@KassyDillon) August 2, 2017
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It would have been even more hilarious if @Ukraine had simply responded with this gif pic.twitter.com/w9E7ZMcLPW
— Aaron Bandler (@bandlersbanter) August 2, 2017
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https://twitter.com/AmandaJuneBell/status/892897600659181569
https://twitter.com/The_Virg_/status/892888254055415809
We have the best toon characters. MAGA!
— TheFederalist Tweets (@federalistmemes) August 2, 2017
Ukraine kicks it out of the ballpark every single time!!! #СлаваУкраїні! https://t.co/zXkxEcTDd3
— ? Thankful Ginger ? (@mchastain81) August 2, 2017
The year is 2017. International diplomacy is now decided through snarky twitter comebacks. https://t.co/6jCjdBeP44
— Riyu Banerjee (@DGriyu) August 2, 2017
what a time to be alive https://t.co/zi7ywjrGYc
— Rick Klau (@rklau) August 2, 2017
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‘Did we sanction Renaissance fairs?’ Russia strikes back against sanctions with hard-hitting folk festival video https://t.co/Okc4gCRA4q
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 2, 2017
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