Ukraine is running out of a vital weapon
There was the Ukrainian grandmother who shot down a Russian missile with a jar of pickles. There's been copious references to cult movies and talking cartoon dogs. A limited-edition official stamp, which features a Ukrainian special forces fighter defiantly raising his middle finger to a Russian warship.
Ever since Russia's Feb. 24, 2022, invasion, Ukraine has relied on humor to cope. Jokes and satire fill memes and social media posts, tongue-in-cheek statements during press conferences and in interviews, jibes that are a response to Russian disinformation and propaganda. The goal: To boost national morale, promote unity and offer a personal coping strategy.
But as the war in Ukraine drags on and sinks deeper into a messy deadlock some say the jokes are getting harder to pull off.