A new board game based on Russias war against Ukraine has gone on sale at Russias largest online retailer, Wildberries, just weeks ahead of the full-scale invasions third anniversaryThe game, calledSpecial Operation on the Outskirts, casts up to six players as Russian battalion commanders tasked with liberating 14 Ukrainian cities and eight strategic sites from so-called Nazi rule.This is a unique modern-day twist on Monopoly that will appeal to strategy and economy lovers, adescription of the game reads.The box features three heavily armed special forces soldiers, while the board is a battlefield of Russian tanks, helicopters and fiery explosions.The game makers promise players an immersive experience: Eastern [Ukrainian] cities welcome the liberators, while central and western ones succumb to enemy propaganda and make their liberation a real challenge.The title itself, Special Operation on the Outskirts,plays on the Russian word Okraina, which means outskirts but is also a homophone of Ukraine a linguistic sleight of hand echoing the Kremlins refusal to call its invasion a war, instead branding it a special military operation.Adding to the packaging, the game is advertised as a perfect gift for Defenders of the Fatherland Day on Feb.
23 one day before the full-scale invasions anniversary on Feb.
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