Let the passive aggressive subtweet battles begin!
The Canadian delegation to NATO took to Twitter to poke fun at Russia’s “accidental” military action across the Ukrainian border with a map reminding them where Russia ended. The map pictured gave Crimea back to Ukraine.
Geography can be tough. Here’s a guide for Russian soldiers who keep getting lost & ‘accidentally’ entering #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/RF3H4IXGSp
— Canada at NATO (@CanadaNATO) August 27, 2014
Russia didn’t take too kindly to this. The country had annexed the Crimean peninsula earlier in 2014 and they were determined to reclaim their land and raise their Twitter flag high.
Obviously, the only way to accomplish this was a response tweet from the NATO’s Russian delegation.
Helping our Canadian colleagues to catch up with contemporary geography of #Europe @CanadaNATO pic.twitter.com/MjzRxpFFfN
— Russians at NATO (@natomission_ru) August 28, 2014
Welcome to the world of online shade throwing Russia!
