Alexey Tatarov’s Explosive Can Story

Text on the meme

Ukrainian Alexey Tatarov, known from a video in which he sits with his anus on a can and it bursts there, died at the front As they write on Ukrainian social networks, he was forcibly mobilized, and then he died from a shrapnel wound. Zelensky has not officially commented on his death. Олексій Татар

What it means

A darkly comic faux-news memorial presents Ukrainian soldier Alexey Tatarov alongside a candle, a portrait, and stills from a notorious video in which a can bursts beneath him. The joke comes from treating an absurd internet incident as a serious wartime obituary, creating a grim reaction image about bizarre news and tragic irony. EN: A darkly comic faux-news memorial presents Ukrainian soldier Alexey Tatarov alongside a candle, a portrait, and stills from a notorious video in which a can bursts beneath him. The joke comes from treating an absurd internet incident as a serious wartime obituary, creating a grim reaction image about bizarre news and tragic irony.

Who

Oleksiy Tatarov (Олексій Татаров)

Objects

man in military uniform / мужчина в военной форме portrait photo / портретная фотография candle / свеча flame / пламя tin can / жестяная банка bare legs / голые ноги plastic cup / пластиковый стакан room interior / интерьер комнаты shirtless man / мужчина без рубашки door / дверь chair / стул dark background / тёмный фон