While it may not be the most powerful way of fighting back against Russia for their invasion of Ukraine, Brookings Institute senior fellow Benjamin Wittes’ “special military operation” was hilarious and one heck of a morale booster.
On Wednesday, Wittes and his crew set out to troll the Russian embassy and while the “operation” met a number of snags, the end result has gone viral.
As he projected an image of the blue and yellow Ukraine flag onto the side of the embassy building, it was apparent that the staff was using a spotlight to try and wash out the colors. This prompted a game of “cat and mouse.”
Watch:
More cat and mouse…. pic.twitter.com/dagrsnQlLo
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) April 14, 2022
Twitter users seized on the opportunity to create their own humorous clips:
Benjamin, could you please project this short film for them? https://t.co/LNLn5Rd5Dd
— 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini, heroyam slava! 🇺🇦 (@phil_indablank) April 14, 2022
With audio pic.twitter.com/ZIb9PgPy6L
— Matthew Aaron Brown (@Texaspaleo) April 14, 2022
There we go I fixed it pic.twitter.com/1tGrmWXhtX
— Western Chad VS Russian Trolls (@SLAVAUKRAINI24) April 14, 2022
larry david approved now pic.twitter.com/Le5Ge6vAOb
— pink (@0xPinksock) April 14, 2022
— 💙💛peace is the only way 💛💙 (@peacelovingnj) April 14, 2022
I’m enjoying the fact that they have personnel relegated to fighting the colored lights.😁 pic.twitter.com/lWtY3tCBgR
— Let there be Love 2022 🇺🇦👷🏾♀️🖖🔮♻️⚖🕵🏾♀️ (@4GoodLove2020) April 14, 2022
— Lady Grey Wolf (@ladygreywolfmc) April 14, 2022
You get all the points! pic.twitter.com/WzewyQ7Ehs
— Shulim Leifer 🇺🇦 (@ShulimLeifer) April 15, 2022
This is silly and ridiculous – why am I laughing so hard? The way the flag taunts the spotlight is hilarious. pic.twitter.com/ImdapC9y00
— Jim Novak (@jnovak9106) April 14, 2022
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