While retreating, Russians stole zoo animals. A stolen racoon caused the most talk, fighting capture with all his strength.
"I was asked for good news from Kherson, but, in fact, the only good news is that my friend managed to steal a raccoon from Kherson Zoo," reporter Anna Dolgareva said.
The news quickly went viral and caused a wave of jokes and memes across social media.
The raccoon kidnapping is called the "sacred purpose of the special military operation."
Meat is back on the menu!
I had not considered that! I have seen their MRE's... Good point!
As far as the: "sacred purpose of the special military operation." ...
Do you think there was a ceremony? 🤣
@DotardTed
> Do you think there was a ceremony?
There most definitely was! According to memes, General Surovikin was awarded a special medal for taking the raccoon!
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@DotardTed @useless_idiot
You can't make this stuff up!
She literally says: "The raccoon captured in Kherson is becoming the mascot of our airborne forces, news about it are popular not only domestically, but abroad too!"
Honestly, if I was trying to do a parody of Russian state TV news, I couldn't come up with any better material. Their stuff's too bizarre! 😂
@m0xee @DotardTed
They are desperate for anything that can be framed as a victory. Even the phosphorus bombs on Bakhmut didn’t work.
@useless_idiot
Well, you're right, it is a textbook KGB trick — use anything as distraction and it does make sense from spin doctors' perspective, but I'll be damned, I just can't imagine a person in front of a TV who is trying to put on his/her serious face and is like: "Raccoon! Yeah!!!"
On the other hand, their agenda is so inconsistent at times as if their average consumer has memory span of a goldfish. Not that it's far from truth though 🤔
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