The “War on Christmas” is real, as a pro-Kremlin Blogger Mil posted a video about Telegram’s social messaging request on Friday that showed Santa Claus being shot down through Russian air defenses while flying over Moscow
The video first published through the Telegram Pro-Kremlin Pul N3 channel, with the legend “Santa Claus flies on Russia for the last time. “
It begins with scenes of a traditional holiday celebration before it cuts to show Santa in his customary red suit, carrying several missiles adorned with the NATO logo in his sleigh. With the tune of “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” playing in the background, Santa can also be heard saying in English, “Hi, Russians! Here are your presents,” almost certainly a reference to the Western-supplied missiles and other military hardware that have been sent to aid Ukraine in its nearly three-year-long war with Russia.
As Santa sips on a can of Coca-Cola, the camera zooms out to show an air defense missile streaking towards the sleigh, causing it to explode.
In a bizarre trick, the scene shifts to a Russian army control room, where a soldier is noted sitting next to Ded Moroz, the mythical figure who is similar to St. Nicholas, Santa Claus, and, of course, Santa Claus.
Also known as Morozko or Grandpa Frost, Ded Moroz remains popular in East Slavic countries and has been a vital component of Russian culture. While encryption was banned in the early Soviet era, Ded Moroz later followed Soviet officials and used to relax the emphasis on consumerism and capitalism. In recent years, Ded Moroz has been promoted through Moscow as a component of its efforts to nullify Russia’s ties with the West.
It is not surprising that Russia’s “Anti-Santa Claus” ordered that Saint Nick received a shot.
After the missile had an impact, in Russian, Ded Moroz asked: “Is that?”
“Yes, the target is destroyed,” the Russian serviceman replied.
“Bueno. No want anything in our skies. Happy New Year,” Moroz said as he hugged the soldier, who replied, “Same for you!Happy New Year to all. “
The video did not occur through the Kremlin, however, Ukraine’s counterinformation medium reported that he has played in Moscow’s narrative that the current clash in Ukraine is one of NATO’s creations.
“The Russian paranoia about the ‘NATO threat’ has reached new heights. Russian propagandists have published a ‘social video’ that represents Santa Claus through Russian aerial defenses near the Kremlin,” said CFORCD in a publication about a publication about X, social networks platform previously known as Twitter.
The moment may not be worse. Santa Claus’s video, which killed through a Russian air defense missile, released only two days after the Jet of Embraer of an Azerbaijan airlines crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas day, killing at least 38 of another 67 people to board. The plane had tried the earth twice in the city of Grozny, in Chechnya, however, due to the presence of Ukrainian drones and fog, diverted to Aktau airport through the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan.
U. S. officials told CNN on Thursday that early indications are that a Russian anti-aircraft formula would have possibly fired on the airliner.
The videos and photographs that have been published in the media recommend that the Azerbaijan plane have suffered wounds caused by shell bursts, however, the cause of the holes has been confirmed. The Federal Air Transport Agency in Russia said the plane crashed after hitting the birds.
“Russia’s reaction in the total has been interesting,” said Irina Tsukerman, geopolitical analyst, president of Scarab Rising. “Parody is not a coincidence. It is a message for the West and Baku, which indicates that it is considered that a Santa Claus is a symbol of Western culture and that there is no calendoy; and two that Russia is even ready to shoot Claus if that considers appropriate.
In other words, it is a war on Christmas, or at least Christmas as it is celebrated in the West.
“It is evident that the shooting of Santa Claus would not be taken well and positions Russia as a belligerent, unpleasant and humorless country,” Tsukerman added. “The symbol is shocking and negative. But what Russia now does that can’t escape a meticulous scrutiny of its moves is doubling down on its competitive, almost audacious stance that the foreign network comes after any effort to enforce foreign standards. “
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