WarAugust 14, 2026 7:19 pm • 2 min readAn image posted on social media by the Russian Defense Ministry Ukraine and Russia exchanged fire on social media on Aug. 14, as Kyiv responded to a cynical post from the Kremlin's Defense Ministry that taunted Ukrainian civilians ahead of winter.In a post on Telegram, the Defense Ministry displayed an image of three Shahed-type drones with the caption: "Like snow on your head." Below the image, the post read: "In winter you will be 'frozen.'"Russia's Defense Ministry posted another threat to Ukraine saying "you'll get a freeze this winter," with an image of Shaheds captioned "like snow on your head." pic.twitter.com/4ZsCifhv5p— WarTranslated (@wartranslated) August 14, 2026
The post references Russia's previous attempts to destroy civilian power generation and heating infrastructure in Ukraine, which aimed to make major cities such as the capital Kyiv uninhabitable, particularly over last winter.International humanitarian law labels such deliberate strikes against civilian infrastructure as war crimes. The post had nearly 22,000 positive reactions from Telegram users. In response, the Strategic Communications Department of the Ukrainian Armed Forces posted an image of a burning Russian oil refinery, with the caption, "Let's warm up by the fire of Russian refineries," referencing Ukraine's ongoing deep-strike campaign against Russia's oil industry.
