"Two dogs and a cat, and we'll make it through the rest of winter": how social media reacted to Bragar's statement

A genuine Ukrainian flash mob of memes and jokes.

Ukrainian social networks have been flooded with photos of pets with their owners. And this is not a celebration of Animal Rights Day. The flash mob followed a statement by Sluha Narodu MP Yevhen Bragar. BBC reports.

During a broadcast on Channel 112, the MP suggested that pensioners could pay utility bills by selling property or a dog: "If there is an elite-breed dog in the yard, then she (the pensioner who called the channel) can sell it at any time and calmly pay."

Bragar's remark about the dog provoked a lively reaction on social media. The most popular image was of a worried dog.

Some users started calculating how many dogs one would need to have to pay off debts.

Some wrote that animals' behavior has become anxious after the MP's statement.

Users also reported that the anxiety had already spread to cats.

Some recalled the action film "John Wick," where the main character (played by Keanu Reeves) takes revenge for his dog.

On the OLX website, someone posted an ad offering for sale the MP Bragar himself.

Batkivshchyna leader Yulia Tymoshenko also did not pass by this story. On Facebook she posted a similar ad selling an MP: "Servants of the people for sale. A special breed, without brains or conscience. In bulk. Symbolic price."

Another Sluha Narodu MP, Heo Leros, briefly chose to comment on the situation.

Earlier, Naftogaz of Ukraine urged people not to sell dogs and cats to pay utility bills.

Yevhen Bragar himself apologized for his remark about selling a dog to pay utility bills. He justified his words by saying that he is a new face in politics and has not yet learned to "respond to sensitive questions".