Donate to Ukraine’s military. Inform Russia what you concentrate on its invasion of Ukraine. Get Russia’s verified account kicked off Twitter.
These are a few of the on-line messages in response to the disaster in Ukraine, being despatched from a verified Twitter handle that claims it’s the official account of the embattled nation.
After a number of days of close to radio-silence from the account, the deal with @Ukraine started posting in earnest Thursday as Russia invaded the neighboring nation.
The spree of tweets started with a cartoon depicting a towering Adolf Hitler patting a childlike Vladimir Putin approvingly on the cheek. The account later tweeted, “This isn’t a ‘meme’, however our and your actuality proper now.”
The picture has gone viral, with greater than 1 million likes and practically 250,000 retweets.
The messages — and their darkish humor — aren’t precisely new. The @Ukraine account has been in existence since no less than 2017 and has been in a Twitter battle with @Russia for simply as lengthy.
On Thursday, tweets included “Tag @Russia and inform them what you concentrate on them” and “hey individuals, let’s demand @Twitter to take away @Russia from right here.”
In the meantime, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared martial regulation and inspired his compatriots to take up arms. The U.S. and the West introduced new sanctions on Russia for an invasion that that they had warned for weeks was coming however that Moscow had denied was deliberate.
President Biden has directed 7,000 further service members to be deployed to Europe. Biden referred to as the Russian invasion a battle “with out provocation, with out justification, with out necessity.”
Ukrainian Well being Minister Viktor Lyashko introduced Thursday night time that 57 residents have been killed amid the Russian invasion, with 169 others wounded.
