NATO produced a weird Twitter thread, likening the continuing hostilities between Ukraine and Russia to pop fiction sagas like Harry Potter and Star Wars, on Thursday.

The thread, posted on the official Twitter account of the navy bloc, highlighted an interview with a Ukrainian soldier that was launched per week in the past. The tweets included quotes from the article, accompanied by an assortment of wartime pictures, together with the ill-fated quote by the soldier.

“We’re Harry Potter and William Wallace, the Na’vi and Han Solo. We’re escaping from Shawshank and blowing up the Demise Star. We’re combating with the Harkonnens and difficult Thanos,” the servicemen stated.

The weird reference, and the thread as an entire, promptly went viral, with social media customers flocking to NATO’s feed to share their opinions on the article. All in all, reactions gave the impression to be overwhelmingly unfavorable, with critics condemning the dangerous style of such references.

Political and cultural commentator Ian Miles Cheong, as an illustration, wrote that “Russia ought to win for this tweet alone.” One other person stated he thought the US-led bloc was a “critical group,” apparently implying that the thread proves in any other case.

Some slammed the references as of extraordinarily poor style, given the huge scale of the continuing hostilities and accused the alliance of typically romanticizing warfare. Others perceived the thread as an try to raised join with youthful audiences, stating that it had clearly fallen flat.

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