"Oh, Crimea is not Russia? Nice," said one commenter of a post by a Russian embassy that showed a map with Crimea not included within Russia's borders.

The Russian Embassy in South Africa has shared a map online that shows illegally annexed Crimea as part of Ukraine.

A post on the embassy’s account on X, formerly known as Twitter, attempted to raise the profile of the BRICS grouping of world economies but appeared instead to endorse Crimea as being part of Ukraine.

The X post showed a world map with Ukraine’s borders containing not only eastern parts of its territory that Russia claims to have annexed but also Crimea—which was illegally annexed by Moscow in 2014—in addition to BRICS members.

  • Jay@lemmy.caEnglish
    99·
    1 year ago

    That’s what you get for copying someone else’s homework without looking at it first.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
      25·
      1 year ago

      You see what happened here is they are assumed that everybody else agrees with their interpretation of reality (that Crimea belongs to Russia). Obviously that’s insane, considering they’re the ones with the dictatorship, but you know logic isn’t really their strong point.

      So no one actually bothered to look at the image, which was literally the bare minimum amount of work they could have done.

  • foof@lemmy.worldEnglish
    981·
    1 year ago

    For completeness’ sake, it also shows the recently annexed oblasts (Kherson, Zaporozhija, Donetsk, Luhansk) as Ukrainian.

  • dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.eeEnglish
    39·
    1 year ago

    This is a fuck-up, not a statement. Though we can laugh of them, it doesn’t really do anything.

  • p1mrx@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    241·
    1 year ago

    Well that settles it, Russia. The rules say you have to go home and start a new invasion. Be sure to pick up any mines you may have left.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    141·
    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    The Russian Embassy in South Africa has shared a map online that shows illegally annexed Crimea as part of Ukraine.

    A post on the embassy’s account on X, formerly known as Twitter, attempted to raise the profile of the BRICS grouping of world economies but appeared instead to endorse Crimea as being part of Ukraine.

    While BRICS refers specifically to the economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, the map posted on the embassy’s account also included Ethiopia, Argentina, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Iran shaded in green, along with the five BRICS members.

    Since being published early on Monday, August 28, the post has attracted more than 292,000 views as well as a number mocking comments.

    Mira of Kyiv, who shared a photo of Crimea being part of Ukraine, posted: “So you agree.”

    The regions of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhizhia were annexed into the Russian Federation last year following referendums that were condemned by the United Nations, and have only been recognized by North Korea.

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