Russia and Ukraine have taken their conflict to a new battlefield: Twitter.
Ukraine shot first, pointing out that Anne de Kiev, a French person of Ukrainian descent, was the original owner of the Riems Gospel and was primarily the reason why Russia and France established relations. This book was used during French coronation ceremonies. At the same time in Moscow, Ukraine claimed, there were nothing but birch trees.
When @Russia says Anne de Kiev established Russia-France relations, let us remind the sequence of events pic.twitter.com/nBKhQdyKql
— Ukraine / ??????? (@Ukraine) May 30, 2017
Russia, perhaps unimpressed by the joke, tweeted that they were proud to share common heritage with both Belarus and the Ukraine. They also pointed out that parts of Russia were quite developed in the early 11th century.
@Ukraine We are proud of our common history. ????, ???? & ???? share the same historical heritage which should unite our nations, not divide us. pic.twitter.com/hdmkuGy22p
— ?????? ???? (@Russia) May 30, 2017
And then Ukraine dropped the hammer with a Simpsons gif, saying that Russia hasn't changed since its Soviet days.
@Russia You really don't change, do you? pic.twitter.com/HDfS9A8jWZ
— Ukraine / ??????? (@Ukraine) May 30, 2017
What a time to be alive.
