British Embassy In Ukraine Trolls Putin With Guide For Spotting Russian Tanks

The latest foreign office to engage in the increasingly popular sport of Twitter-trolling the Kremlin is Britain's embassy in Ukraine, which on Wednesday released a handy guide to help Russians spot their own tanks.

The embassy's official account tweeted an infographic detailing some of the features of Russia's T-72 BM tanks, along with photos suggesting that those tanks have been seen in eastern Ukraine.

The tweet is likely a nod to a candid moment from the recent G-20 summit in Australia. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper reportedly told Russian President Vladimir Putin at the summit to "get out of Ukraine," to which Putin's alleged response was, "that's impossible, because we are not there."

Putin's denial is consistent with the Kremlin's official line on eastern Ukraine, which is to deny any Russian military involvement in the ongoing crisis, despite continuing reports to the contrary. On Nov. 12, Phillip Breedlove, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander for Europe, told reporters in Bulgaria that Russian tanks and forces had been moving back and forth across the Ukrainian border "completely at will."

While the British Embassy's foray into ribbing Russia on social media is detailed and well-executed, it's hard to beat the sheer simplicity that Canada's NATO mission achieved earlier this year: