For your dream vacation, “Have you chosen Crimea?
Big mistake, “laughs the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense on Twitter.
Early Tuesday afternoon, a huge explosion sounded in the Russian air base of Novofedorivka, on the west coast of Crimea.
Ukrainian territory, annexed by Moscow in 2014, has so far been relatively spared from the fighting.
Unless they want an unpleasantly hot summer break, we advise our valued russian guests not to visit Ukrainian Crimea.
Because no amount of sunscreen will protect them from the hazardous effects of smoking in unauthorized areas.
🎶Bananarama pic.twitter.com/NnWnpZqMhR
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) August 11, 2022
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So much so that many Russian civilians have been flocking to the beaches of the peninsula since the beginning of the summer, blinded by the Kremlin's propaganda which always denies the reality of war, preferring the modest and misleading expression "of special operation.
But bikinis and bombings rarely mix, and the sight of panicked Russian tourists on the beach likely delighted kyiv.
“Our precious Russian guests”
"Unless they wish to spend an unpleasantly hot summer vacation, we advise our valued Russian guests not to visit Ukrainian Crimea", writes the British Ministry of Defense on Thursday, which takes the opportunity to insist on the fact that Crimea belongs to kyiv and not to Russian tourists.
The Ukrainian air force command said in a statement on Wednesday that about "a dozen Russian aircraft" had been destroyed.
Yet the Ukrainian government refuses to openly claim responsibility for the attack on the air base.
For its part, the Kremlin assures that the fire and the explosions were caused by “a violation of the safety rules”.
“The importance of safety rules”
A usual denial for Moscow which worries about the reputation of its anti-aircraft defenses.
Russia had already been humiliated after the destruction of its fleet's flagship, the
Moskva
.
An event celebrated throughout Ukraine, which even issued stamps to celebrate it.
Moscow has always refused to acknowledge that the ship was shot down by Ukrainian forces and instead refers to an explosion in an ammunition bay.
For its part, kyiv evokes these incidents with humor.
The destruction of the Russian air base of Novofedorivka would be due to a "breach of security rules"?
The Minister of Defense hastens to recall in a mocking tone “the importance of respecting safety rules on dangerous sites”.
Explosive cigar and humorous scud
And since Moscow implied that the fire came from a cigarette, the Ukrainian ministry is backing it up with its “Bananarama” and stressing that no “quantity of sunscreen” will protect Russian tourists from the “dangerous effects of smoking”. in unauthorized areas.
Стала известна причина пожара в Крыму.
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— Epic TR011 (@TRO11O1O1O) August 10, 2022
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A humor taken up wrongly and through online where warnings on cigarette packs are hijacked and videos of cigars causing explosions are edited and shared.
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