Actually the use of the word “cotton” by Ukrainians is to mock the Russians:
“ridiculing Russian media use of a word хлопóк (a bang) in a sense of explosion, which is written in the same way as cotton - хлóпок”
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“ridiculing Russian media use of a word хлопóк (a bang) in a sense of explosion, which is written in the same way as cotton - хлóпок”
Good job picking up on that!