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Figure 2. Pro-Ukraine memes using the reality vs. non-reality comparison memetic template to mock the statements being made by Russia through its official and non-official social media channels.
Figure 3. Pro-Ukraine memes presenting a version of the “Ukraine Agricultural Division” memetic element as a Lego set (left), a political cartoon (central), and using the “But It’s Honest Work” textual layer as an additional memetic element (right).
Figure 4. Pro-Russian TikTok influencers presenting their “Russian Lives Matters” with the same phrasing on the front of “Russophobia,” Donbas, “hate speech,” cancelling [sic] sanctions, Luhansk, Infowars, and nationalism.
![Figure 4. Pro-Russian TikTok influencers presenting their “Russian Lives Matters” with the same phrasing on the front of “Russophobia,” Donbas, “hate speech,” cancelling [sic] sanctions, Luhansk, Infowars, and nationalism.](/cms/asset/d33d41cd-35dc-4cf3-8946-e5a5b6731de2/oass_a_2193440_f0004_oc.jpg)
Figure 5. Pro-Russian TikTok influencers forming the Latin Alphabet glyph Z while performing a TikTok dance to Rae Sremmurd’s song “Swang.”
Figure 6. Photos of Russian schoolchildren forming the letter Z.
Figure 7. A few examples of the use of sunflowers in Instagram posting showing support for Ukraine.
Figure 8. A few examples of the use of blue and yellow in memes to present support for Ukraine.
Figure 1. Pro-Ukraine memes using the “This is Ultra Lord” memetic template to mock the rhetoric of Olaf Scholz (left), the Chancellor of Germany, not sending promised aid to Ukraine, and Vladimir Putin (center and right), President of Russia, for using war-like rhetoric in his speeches. Each posting has more than 8,000 likes and 500 retweets.
