In Kyiv a woman knocked down a Russian drone from a balcony with a jar of cucumbers.

[kpete]

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=QeyIm1UtNhDC8VopEncakQ
caveat:
I have no confirmation for this at all. I’m running it anyway.
kp

[cilla4progress]

1. If true, this is right up there with

the jeebus story.

[JudyM]

8. Celerity! This deserves its own OP.

[Celerity]

18. I pulled it as it was from a Russian girl in 2021

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216444934#post17

[JudyM]

24. Oh, well still pretty cool. Just a fantasy that it was a Ukrainian woman this week.

[Aristus]

16. Once again: not a tank.

It's an armored car called the BRDM.

Follow me for more armored vehicle recognition tips.

[Celerity]

17. I understand that, and it was not real anyway, it is from 2021 and the girl is Russian, I pulled it

after further research

[Aristus]

20. Don't kick yourself.

I got my hopes up that the story of the "Ghost of Kyiv", an intrepid Ukrainian pilot who shot down six Russian jets in one sortie was actually real. It wasn't; it was taken from a jet fighter video game.

Made for a good story, though...

[Celerity]

21. that one I instantly fact checked and posted the video game, this one I broke my own rule and just

posted it (it was in the tweet thread of the OP), with no check, which was stupid from my end. I knew it was not a tank, but just used the tweeted verbiage as posted.

[lpbk2713]

3. The New York Yankees will be talking to her.

She's got talent.

[sarcasmo]

37. 10 million a year bullpen arm.

[tanyev]

4. Order up!

[Ziggysmom]

5. Tank girl rules!

[BlackSkimmer]

6. I so hope this is true!

K and r.

[pecosbob]

7. Loved seeing that guy towing a stolen artillery piece behind a Soviet-era Ural motorcycle

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. LOL

This makes me smile

[lame54]

10. The equivalent of...

"Russia, eat a bag of dicks!"

[irisblue]

11. I grew up with Eastern European nuns who could hit a kid from across a class room with an eraser

I am not going to discount an angry babusya' ability to get the job done.

Link to tweet

[wnylib]

44. OK, that one got me laughing out loud.

I really want to believe this story for its combination of humor and courage.

But, the fog of war leaves me wary and a bit skeptical. But if true, it is fantastic.

[onecaliberal]

12. ❤️🌻

🇺🇦

[mitch96]

13. God forbid if she used a bottle of Borscht.. Could have taken out a T-72!...

My Bubba would be proud..
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[FreepFryer]

15. Better yet, she got the cucumbers back (Nt)

[Donkees]

19. And she named the pickles 'Bayraktar'

[blue-wave]

22. Well, the cucumbers went to a good cause

but I've had the pleasure to enjoy them before and they are sooo good!!!

The Ukrainian babushka's are winning!!

[Aristus]

23. If American gun-crazies had any balls, they'd start carrying a jar of cucumbers with them

when going to the prom, or the movies, or the grocery store, or any of the other places they feel like they need military weaponry.

[littlemissmartypants]

33. Or sleep with one under their pillow.

🌻🇺🇦❤🇺🇦🌻

[Aristus]

42. That's a recipe for tragedy.

Can you imagine a family member mistakenly bopped with a cucumber jar?

[littlemissmartypants]

45. Getting the smell of pickle juice out of the linens would be the least of their problems.

🌻🇺🇦❤🇺🇦🌻

[brer cat]

25. I so hope this is true!!

[Emrys]

26. Maybe unrelated (graphic image):

[Pinback]

27. This will upset the "No Cukes" crowd. (nt)

[EarnestPutz]

29. All you need is a rimshot with that one.

[littlemissmartypants]

34. Hahaha!

🌻🇺🇦❤🇺🇦🌻

[Ilsa]

39. LOL!!! nt

[alfredo]

28. Kosher Dill I suppose.

[Codifer]

30. As I see it.

Sometimes a pickle is just a pickle, despite what Freud said.

[alfredo]

52. Trump has a gherkin

[Codifer]

53. hmmm

I must wonder. Is the "gh" pronounced as a "j"?

Would be fitting for trump.

[alfredo]

55. A little "j"

[L. Coyote]

31. Is she single?

[mysteryowl]

32. Fantastic!!!

Good throw!

[littlemissmartypants]

35. Kicked and recommended. 🌻🇺🇦❤🇺🇦🌻

[Warpy]

36. Never forget that in 2014, they dug up their own streets to throw at the cops

and the military who were protecting Yanukovych, the last Russian puppet.

I'll always bet on the side of the Ukrainians, even though if competent people take over, Russia will roll right over the country. They will just be bled dry trying to keep it.

Well, this and I've met a few Ukrainian grandmas. They are utterly fearless.

[James48]

38. Putin finds himself in a pickle.

[Ilsa]

40. Beat me to it. I was readinng the whole thread

and lost track of time.

[bluboid]

41. indeed - what possessed them to think they could defeat & occupy Ukraine?

[Sapient Donkey]

46. Particularly with these all around

[L. Coyote]

43. Where to go?

Link to tweet

[txwhitedove]

47. Well, the only cheerful person on the bus....

[mahannah]

48. Product placement! We need to know!

[onetexan]

49. She has one heck of a pitching arm

[peppertree]

50. Talk about being in a pickle.

This has become, in just ten short days, Vlad's Vietnam.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

54. It was pickled tomatoes

Link to tweet