Russia Burned Down Huge Coca-Cola Plant Near Kyiv—A Clear Signal to US, Zelenskyy Says

[u/UNITED24Media]

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/russia-burned-down-huge-coca-cola-plant-near-kyiv-a-clear-signal-to-us-zelenskyy-says-22218

[u/Sad-Stop-2401]

"You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company"

The reality is weirder than ficition.

[u/cyanawesome → u/Sad-Stop-2401]

Pepsi probably put the Russians up to it.

[u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT → u/cyanawesome]

Begun, the 2nd cola wars have

[u/Canadian-Man-infj → u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT]

Something, something... new generation.

[u/Historical-Ad7081 → u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT]

"Somehow Pepsi Max returned."

[u/TortureMonkey → u/Historical-Ad7081]

Crystal Pepsi looks at you over its horn rimmed glasses.

[u/Snabelpaprika → u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT]

So Coca-Cola won the franchise wars. Now all sodas are Coca-Cola. Enhance your calm.

[u/Ultima22 → u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT]

Now that's what I call pop racing

[u/BikerScoutTrooperDad → u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT]

Dammit dammit dammit  dammit dammit  dammit dammit  dammit dammit Knew someone was gonna say this.

May the cola be with you.

[u/kristamine14 → u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT]

More like “Wake the fuck up Samurai”

[u/koolaidismything → u/cyanawesome]

Some lady tried to sell Pepsi Cokes formula and they called the authorities and setup a sting. 🦂

[u/MATlad → u/koolaidismything]

That was just dumb--Pepsi is Pepsi.

...You need to try to sell the formula to Coca Cola's foreign distributors and bottlers, the smaller domestic producers bottling for store brands, etc.

[u/Sothisismylifehuh → u/cyanawesome]

Pepsi wants the competition, so does Coca Cola. They share the market. It reduces the choice from "Should I get a cola?" To "Should I get a Coca cola or a Pepsi?"

[u/nicubunu → u/Sothisismylifehuh]

There are so many other colas besides those two.

[u/Sothisismylifehuh → u/nicubunu]

Never said there wasn't.

[u/nicubunu → u/Sothisismylifehuh]

So the choice isn't reduced to "Should I get a Coca cola or a Pepsi?"

[u/Sothisismylifehuh → u/nicubunu]

In 99% of cases, it definitely is.

[u/nicubunu → u/Sothisismylifehuh]

That's because you framed the choice wrong, actually never had anyone asking "should I get a cola?" but "should I get a [soft] drink?" or some variation like "soda", "juice"

[u/DissKhorse → u/cyanawesome]

Is Pepsi returning to being a naval super power?

[u/HalcyonTraveler → u/cyanawesome]

I mean Pepsi’s navy is 100% of Russian origin so

[u/cyanawesome → u/HalcyonTraveler]

They got to keep that Harrier jet in the end too. Not to be trifled with.

[u/andy11123 → u/cyanawesome]

I bet Pepsi wish they'd rebuilt their Soviet fleet a bit better

Pepsi navy

[u/oedipism_for_one → u/cyanawesome]

Dr. Pepper set up Pepsi. You clearly can’t trust Dr. Pepper they are not even a real doctor.

[u/sg19point3 → u/oedipism_for_one]

Did not stop Americans put in not real doctor in charge of public heath

[u/megselvogjeg → u/cyanawesome]

Historically they have been friends. Lets not forget who gave Pepsi a navy in the 80s.

[u/Shot_in_the_dark777 → u/cyanawesome]

or the anti AI crowd who hated that coca cola ai generated christmas ad!

[u/GreatScottGatsby → u/Sad-Stop-2401]

He was just trying to protect his precious bodily fluids

[u/Br0boc0p → u/GreatScottGatsby]

No fighting in the war room!

[u/Sad-Stop-2401 → u/Br0boc0p]

Gentlemen, you can not fight in here, this is war room!

[u/NimrodvanHall → u/Sad-Stop-2401]

Well at one point in time Pepsi had the 6th largest navy in the world.

[u/Zombyeh → u/NimrodvanHall]

Now you got me wondering... Sponsorship advertising is on everything. I wonder why they havent started it on military equipment. USS Metlife Battleship, the M3 Crypto.com tank, maybe a F-47 Viagra, The Pepsi rocket system... that last one doesn't sound scary enough 🤣

[u/vreemdevince → u/Zombyeh]

RPG-7UP

[u/DontRememberOldPass → u/Zombyeh]

You haven’t seen the mobile Burger King that rolls out of the back of a C-130?

[u/Zombyeh → u/DontRememberOldPass]

No i havent seen that before i had to look it up thats crazy

[u/jokel7557 → u/NimrodvanHall]

Which is why it’s bullshit they won the Harrier jet law suit.

[u/Sad-Stop-2401 → u/NimrodvanHall]

Indeed!

[u/MATlad → u/Sad-Stop-2401]

'The syrup must flow.'

[u/Remmon → u/Sad-Stop-2401]

They wouldn't have tried that shit with PepsiCo, those guys used to own a fleet and if Russia starts shit with them, they might just decide to buy another one to finish off Russia's fleet.

[u/HalcyonTraveler → u/Remmon]

Those were Russian ships though, if anything they’re natural allies

[u/redchill101 → u/Sad-Stop-2401]

Great,  take the upvote.  It's a well-known but also somewhat obscure reference...but reddit will receive it well.  Well played.

[u/HumanisticHater → u/Sad-Stop-2401]

It's that Trump has been saying that one of his clever security guarantees is just having more American companies in Ukraine, so Russia does not attack. I feel like everybody forgot about this genius Trump idea he was pushing a year ago during his whole mineral deal plan in the midst of supposed peace talks. What a guy.

[u/Fantastic_Fox4948 → u/Sad-Stop-2401]

You can’t fight in here! This is the War Room!

[u/neonnaps → u/Sad-Stop-2401]

It's 2035. Your country is at war with the US. As you run through the ruins of your city, you hear the sound of a rocket heading your way. Just as your life flashes for your eyes, the rocket slams in a wall in front of you. A screen pops out and an add starts to play. Your last memory before everything fades to black, is your finger instinctly pushing the "skip add" button.

[u/Training-Belt-7318 → u/Sad-Stop-2401]

If it was a Disney amusement park, the mouse would have putin hanging from the gallows in 48 hours.

[u/sudoku7 → u/Sad-Stop-2401]

Turns out, Coca Cola bought the fleet from Pepsi.

[u/Environmental_Top948 → u/Sad-Stop-2401]

Is this the Coca-Cola wars that "We didn't start the fire" was talking About?

[u/Few_Management284 → u/Sad-Stop-2401]

Just South Park in rl.

[u/FormalGuard2305 → u/Few_Management284]

Yes but Dr Strangelove

[u/MrGDPC]

First they came for my coca-cola and I said nothing because I drank Pepsi

Then they came for my Pepsi and I said nothing because I’d switched to Dr. Pepper

Then they came for my Dr. Pepper and I said nothing because the cost of aluminum tariffs had made drinking canned soda unsustainable

Then they came for my water and I had none because it was all going to the local data center

[u/drrandolph → u/MrGDPC]

Brilliant

[u/MrTakeAHikePal → u/MrGDPC]

Or Nestle

[u/SELFINCRIMINAT1NG → u/MrGDPC]

What a world

[u/Money-Engineer6927 → u/MrGDPC]

Modern poetry 

[u/PrometheanSwing]

An attack on Coke is an attack on the whole United States!

[u/Any-Monk-9395 → u/PrometheanSwing]

Nobody attacks our diabetes water

[u/CaptainNeutron1991 → u/Any-Monk-9395]

I only drink distilled water, or rain water, and pure grain alcohol.

[u/Fast_Match8376 → u/CaptainNeutron1991]

So does Pete Hegseth but he doesn’t do water.

[u/rankinfile → u/CaptainNeutron1991]

And not without good reason.

[u/oh_sorry_about_that → u/Any-Monk-9395]

Coke Zero is fine 🙂. It is my favourite soda.

[u/Rough_Jaguar_2643 → u/Any-Monk-9395]

I think coke is cigs dissolved in piss hence the colour.

[u/ColdRainS126 → u/PrometheanSwing]

calm down guys. let's finish the iran war before you guys move on to the next.

[u/Mewhomewhy]

Every expert has said for years that any signs of weakness will embolden them and make a larger war more likely. Trump has done nothing but signal division and weakness.

[u/NotMyName_3]

This Administration doesn't care. The Idiot is on Putin's payroll.

[u/taez555 → u/NotMyName_3]

Had it been the diet coke plant, though….

:-)

[u/MxSteel8]

Trump owns stock in Coca-Cola. It was a clear message from Putin to Trump.

The love bros are going through a messy breakup.

[u/DigSpelledBackwards → u/MxSteel8]

he could shoot a rocket at trump and trump would still kiss his ass

[u/steauengeglase → u/MxSteel8]

Trump will always go back to holding up a boom box in the rain outside Putin's window.

[u/Taymyr → u/MxSteel8]

Trump owns stocks in thousands of companies. Someone once linked stock purchases and there's well over 1,000 tickers.

I get it, Trump bad, but anyone can own Coca-Cola. It's the 24th largest company by market cap and anyone with an investment account can easily buy KO. If you invest in index funds you almost certainly are a shareholder too.

[u/usddddd → u/Taymyr]

Yeah except he owns prob 500k-2MM worth judging by his other allocations so he’s a bit more heavily invested than you or I.

[u/Taymyr → u/usddddd]

Percentage wise of net investments, it's probably the same as you or I. Again, I don't see why this specifically is a big deal.

He cares about 2 million the same I would care about 200-2,000.

[u/Chihuahua1 → u/usddddd]

Remember coca cola is split in 2 companies,  the Coca-Cola company and   Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.

They merged Australia, Asia and Europe. American continent is its own company 

[u/szjano → u/MxSteel8]

Well, I see two wrong assumptions here.

First, Trump understands the message (or anything).

Second, Russia can intentionally hit anything.

[u/folie11 → u/szjano]

Oh, but they're perfectly capable of hitting schools, hospitals, residential buildings..

[u/JohnHazardWandering]

Funny how Russia can start aiming their weapons all of a sudden. Was there a kindergarten nearby?

[u/steve_ample]

4 days ago, Ukrainian drones damaged a Pepsi factory.

Begun, the Cola Wars has.

[u/Sea-Violinist-7353 → u/steve_ample]

Too bad Pepsi got rid of that navy they had.

[u/Particular-Nose-8932 → u/Sea-Violinist-7353]

If only Pepsi had given that guy the fighter jet, he could have saved that factory....

[u/MATlad → u/Particular-Nose-8932]

'We'll give you the Harrier and even training, but it also requires you to swear fealty, commission as a Knight of Pepsi and be on call to defend us. Also, if you're publicly caught drinking Coke...'

[u/Dependent-Reveal2401 → u/Particular-Nose-8932]

Take my upvote.

[u/zomboscott → u/Sea-Violinist-7353]

I thought you were joking. You weren't joking.

[u/Sea-Violinist-7353 → u/zomboscott]

I choose to belive this is how it actually happened because its funny.https://youtube.com/shorts/LDh2BWsMF70?is=yTA11xsnKV1F0six

[u/cecilpl → u/steve_ample]

The Cola Wars started 50 years ago, but up until now its just been a cold war. 

[u/Foe117]

While probably symbolic this wouldn't hurt coca-cola much either. let alone diplomatic ties.

[u/Pacmyn → u/Foe117]

Well, Trump said once that "American companies would work as security guarantees", so here is that

[u/HalcyonTraveler → u/Pacmyn]

Trump says a lot of things once

[u/war_story_guy → u/Foe117]

Just say it was where all the diet coke comes from and watch dump go ballistic.

[u/ludvikskp → u/Foe117]

Sounds like a good opportunity for a quote and a headline, I doubt even the corporation cares that much. It’s not gonna make trump do anything different

[u/useless-engineer420]

America won't get it

[u/captstevebrule → u/useless-engineer420]

Fluorescent Nano particles & nano-graphene

[u/Ranemoraken]

You know... saying Russia is bombing American Coca-Cola could actually be a media campaign to invest in. It has the perfect combo of truth and manipulativeness that kinda sticks.

Like when some MAGA douche does their Putin defense you could be like, "Bruh, they're bombing American Coca-Cola. Are you okay with that?"

I'm pretty cynical... but I might have to test out that line. I live in MAGA country, so it'll come up at some point.

[u/Sablestein → u/Ranemoraken]

Report back with your findings🙏

[u/Telcontar77 → u/Ranemoraken]

Alternatively, they'll hit you with a "nuh uh" and then continue playing with their own shit.

[u/CyberShinChan2077]

I can't believe they are doing this to each other while they are clearly in love.

[u/cwm9]

... what a bizarre targeting choice.

[u/phigo50]

A clearer signal than Russia openly helping a country the US is at war with?

[u/Pocketbombz]

Is Russia trying to provoke Mexico?

[u/Iateyourpaintings]

If you hit a coke plant in Columbia the Trumps may care. 

[u/Dangerous-LemonBar → u/Iateyourpaintings]

Junior sure will.

[u/S1GMA]

"We're all living in Amerika

Coca-Cola, sometimes war."

~Rammstein 'Amerika'

[u/753951321654987]

Just a reminder maga was telling us us investments in Ukraine were a security guarantee

[u/Tarijeno]

Watch Donnie declare war against Russia when they blow up all the McDonald's in Kriv.

[u/Majestic_Location751]

Need some New Coke now

[u/MikeHuntSmellss]

They revolted against the english over tea, will they get involved due to thier sugar water?

[u/Redfish680]

Clear sign they prefer Pepsi

[u/Signal-Mud-4880]

they prefer pepsi

[u/happyscrappy]

Sure, but Trump is too dumb to understand signals. And he only hires people who are as dumb as him so you can't count on Kegsbreath picking up on anything either.

[u/The_Dreams]

Eh not a big deal. Now if it were Dr Pepper on the other her hand…

[u/smell-my-elbow]

That they prefer Pepsi??

[u/AnunnakiResetButton]

Just bomb all the Vodka, Russians will sober up and the whole country will be shaking.

[u/AVatorL]

Trump doesn't care.

[u/-IndyCar]

I heard Amazon was talking shit too.....

[u/actionerror]

You don’t want to make the polar bear mad!

[u/AJ_Grey]

And collected the insurance money.

[u/Customer_No-Service]

Would love to see a new coke bottle design based on this. Imagine "refresh through aggression". 

[u/Mission_Island_6657]

Product placement in a war?

[u/Shot-Toe-2884]

that is NOT a clear signal lol

[u/MRBVIII]

Russia again showing they have little to no interest in hitting military targets. Partially explains why they're doing so badly right now. Let hope Russia has a terrible winter with the ongoing refinery strikes (and I hope Ukraine resists Trump's attempts to stop them).

[u/jB_real]

Nah, the US administration would rather pretend Canada burned down several Coca-Cola plants.

[u/SchrodingersRSVP]

Trump unironically would care about this so much more than other trifling shit like "supporting our allies" or "defending our country."

[u/torshakle → u/SchrodingersRSVP]

What allies

[u/SchrodingersRSVP → u/torshakle]

I'll wistfully tell younger generations about the halcyon days of old when we had things like "friends" and "partners."

[u/ohmynards85]

What a stupid way to waste resources in a war you're already losing.

[u/PermaBanEvasionTest2 → u/ohmynards85]

its a weapons manufacturing facility

[u/OkBuyer- → u/ohmynards85]

you wouldn't get it. it's genius, you see? you burn the cola factory to make orange mad. it makes orange flip out. what follows?

[u/Mewhomewhy → u/OkBuyer-]

Nothing. Or probably Putin telling him it was Ukraine and Trump ranting about how it was Ukraine.

[u/Ginmunger → u/Mewhomewhy]

Bessent probably- Why won't Ukraine just bend over and take it?

[u/Tyrone0159]

The corpo wars begin

[u/These_Language9276]

Poke the polar bear and find out.

[u/mirage2123]

"Do we really want to live in a world without Coca-Cola?"

-Hisenburg

[u/RunNoodleRun]

Trump will pretend his dear friend Putin did so with the best intentions!

[u/ZeIronMullet]

Well at least it wasn't a McDonald's.

[u/SexyTimeSamet]

Still looks good to me. Callin dibs.

[u/Anyawnomous]

As long as they stay away from the Brawndo Factory, America will do nothing. Gotta have those electrolytes!!!

[u/composedofidiot]

Cocacola drains russian aquifiers and pays russian influencers to promote new russian waterpop and profits, unsustainable growth model forces cocacola to identify and exploit new aquifier resources, lacks capacity to achieve goals, funds influencers into political power, turns to russian government full of influencers to fulfil implementation stage, becomes king of america, finally beats pepsi and banishes them to russia. Pepsi gets an idea. The cycle continues.

[u/Have_A_Jelly_Baby]

Do they not understand the nonstop onslaught of ragebait bullshit we deal with from our own government? No one has time for brainpower to care about a random Coca Cola plant in Eastern Europe.

[u/JRaus88]

Not the American Embassy.. "Coca Cola"..

We are beyond the stereotype. Next attack, McDonald?

"Pizzeria hit, serious diplomatic attack on Italy"

My god lol

[u/Bonamico-Jok38]

lol honestly this reads like a threat from a mafia movie, but yeah the fact that destroying civilian infrastructure is somehow noteworthy because it's a recognizable American brand says a lot about what's actually happening over there

[u/MagicMarshmallo]

Das ist nicht wünder bar

[u/Perfect-Slip7041]

"Sir, a 2nd drone has hit our canning facility".

[u/Zombie_Gandhi]

Begun, the Soda Wars have.

[u/Effrendi]

Z Man desperate to have the US get boots on the ground

[u/Denny_204]

Modern day Americans are cowards.

[u/anarchist1331]

Russia doing what Americans should have done forever ago

[u/gglikenp]

US can't do shit to Iran. They are afraid of Russia even more.

[u/calvin_360 → u/gglikenp]

If we can’t do shit to lran then why is the Iranian economy collapsing, where is their “supreme leader”, and why hasn’t Iran sunk one of our boats?

[u/Mewhomewhy → u/calvin_360]

Was “not getting a boat sunk” the objective of the war?

What were the objectives of the war?

[u/gglikenp → u/calvin_360]

What a fuck did you ask? Can you translate it to English?

[u/Thisguymoot → u/gglikenp]

It seemed pretty straightforward to me. Maybe you just don’t like the answer.

[u/RobinsShaman → u/gglikenp]

Money value low. Mountain dew delicious.

[u/gglikenp → u/RobinsShaman]

How many people have you killed during your life?

[u/No-Doctor-4396 → u/gglikenp]

Maybe switch your news coverage if you believe Iran hasn't been decimated. Notice Iran's missile and drone count is pretty much non existent at this point and it's currency is worth less than monopoly money.

[u/Mewhomewhy → u/No-Doctor-4396]

Maybe switch your own. They control the global oil trade.

[u/No-Doctor-4396 → u/Mewhomewhy]

They used to. Not anymore.

[u/Mewhomewhy → u/No-Doctor-4396]

So oil is flowing freely through the strait?

[u/No-Doctor-4396 → u/Mewhomewhy]

It's flowing some. Countries have used other routes now. I answered your question for ya. Strate of hormuz WAS the global route. No more.

[u/Mewhomewhy → u/No-Doctor-4396]

No, you spouted delusional nonsense. Countries are scraping by but prices are still high due to them mess.

Can you answer what the objectives of the war were for me?

[u/Puzzled_Market_2235]

Coke don't own the bottlers/canners.

[u/tythompson]

Does this mean my Dr. Pepper prices are going up? 😔

[u/TheAngriestChair → u/tythompson]

Yes, but that's because of the tarrifs on Canadian aluminum.

[u/tythompson → u/TheAngriestChair]

Naauuur!!!

[u/JaVelin-X-]

hate those skinny cans

[u/Select_Truck3257]

Agent Krasnov : " this is fine" meme

[u/DowntownScene1433]

Zelenski also has a problem with Oligarchs in his country which last time I checked, run the place, nobody while he was in office did anything to solve, and nobody talks about it, but he's not in office any longer, refuses to have election and by all thoughts and purposes has been a dictator in his own country for the last two years, lacking the support of the people who also deffect the army not to continue his war.

This issue with coca-cola will be solved one way or the other, but him escaping the hangman puzzle...slightly more difficult. He is very corrupt and Ukranian people, unlike Russian people who are sitting ducks, have a better track record in revolting against tyranny and oust dictators. That's why he was elected from TV-clown I will remind. "They ate..they ate...they ate...". They were dumbfounded to believe he was better. Now he(and his wife through which he transfers the funds) is eating, he is eating, he is eating. What will the people do against it?

[u/myZippe]

I hope it was Cherry Coke. That stuff taste nasty.