Ukraine compares its fight against Putin to Die Hard in social media video
Now I have HIMARS, ho ho ho! Ukraine compares fight against Putin to Die Hard in social media video – insists ‘scrapy underdog’ WILL win
- The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine posted an edited Die Hard Christmas trailer
- The video shows an altered scene showing off their new HIMARS systems
- It compares Russia and Ukraine to Hans Gruber and ‘underdog’ John McClane
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has posted a Die Hard themed Christmas video showing off their new HIMARS systems and insisting that the ‘scrapy underdog’ will win.
The video draws parallels between Russia and Ukraine through an edited version of a trailer for the 1988 action film – which some consider a Christmas movie.
Text at the beginning of the video says: ‘This Christmas, Ukraine celebrates the festive story of how an arrogant terrorist’s special military operation was foiled by a scrappy underdog.
This makes it clear that Russia is represented by Alan Rickman’s character Hans Gruber and Bruce Willis’ John McClane represents Ukraine.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has posted a Die Hard-themed Christmas video showing off their new HIMARS system
The social media post insists that like John McClane, the ‘scrapy underdog’ will win
The plot of Die Hard follows the policeman John McClane who accidentally ends up in a building where everyone has been taken hostage by a group of terrorists trying to steal millions.
Despite being let down, Bruce Willis’ scrappy underdog manages to take out the terrorists one by one and save the day.
The video posted by Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense features an altered version of one of the film’s most famous scenes, showing a dead terrorist with ‘Now I have a machine gun Ho-Ho-Ho’ on their jersey signed.
In the edited Ukrainian video, it instead reads ‘Now I have HIMARS, Ho-Ho-Ho’.
The Highly Mobile Artillery Rocket Systems are self-propelled launchers, equipped with a missile pod that can fire a range of different weapons.
Washington sent 20 launchers, which were credited with helping Ukraine push back Russian invaders.
The video makes it clear that Russia is represented by Alan Rickman’s character Hans Gruber (pictured) and Bruce Willis’ John McClane represents Ukraine
Another part of the video shows John McClane pushing explosives down an elevator shaft, but cuts to a video of actual explosion from the war.
More text from the video reads: ‘It was the perfect plan with nothing left to chance until it all went wrong.
‘The war he never wanted is the one he can’t afford to lose.
‘This Christmas the age-old story of David and Goliath hits close to home.
The Twitter account also posted the video along with the following comment: “An underdog winning against the bad guys. This is the kind of story we all enjoy.
‘Dedicated to all the runners on the front line. Ukraine will win! Yippee Ki-Yay…!’
