MOSCOW, August 29 (RIA Novosti) - Following the Ukrainian government’s claims concerning Russia troops entering Ukraine, the Canadian delegation to NATO decided to give Moscow a geography lesson, prompting a response from the Russian side.
“Geography can be tough. Here’s a guide for Russian soldiers who keep getting lost & ‘accidentally’ entering #Ukraine,” the Canadian delegation said in a tweet accompanied by an image depicting territories marked as “Russia” and “Not Russia,” the latter being Ukraine.
Geography can be tough. Here’s a guide for Russian soldiers who keep getting lost & ‘accidentally’ entering #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/RF3H4IXGSp
— Canada at NATO (@CanadaNATO) 27 августа 2014
Russia’s Permanent Mission to NATO replied to the tweet and returned Canada the favor of a geography lesson.
“Helping our Canadian colleagues to catch up with contemporary geography of #Europe,” the Russian mission’s tweet said above an attached image in which Crimea was marked as Russian territory, something Canada neglected in their tweet.
Helping our Canadian colleagues to catch up with contemporary geography of #Europe @CanadaNATO pic.twitter.com/MjzRxpFFfN
— Russians at NATO (@natomission_ru) 28 августа 2014
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko canceled his scheduled visit to Turkey on Thursday, calling an emergency meeting with the country’s Security Council over concerns of Russian troops allegedly crossing into the country.
Russia’s envoy to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Andrei Krelin, denied claims that Russia had sent troops to help independence supporters in eastern Ukraine. Leonid Slutsky, the head of the State Duma Committee for CIS Affairs, dismissed Kiev’s allegations as groundless.
Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed out that Ukrainian forces had crossed the Russian border several times in the past in larger numbers but such incidents were never a problem for Russia.
