Putin rejects Johnson’s claim a woman wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin brought up Britain's past involvement with the Falkland islands. — Reuters pic
LONDON, June 30 — Russian President Vladimir Putin today rejected British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's charge that if he were a woman he would not have invaded Ukraine.
Speaking at a news conference in the early hours today during a visit to Turkmenistan, Putin pointed to former British leader Margaret Thatcher's decision to send troops into the Falklands as a rebuttal of Johnson's theory.
Johnson yesterday dubbed Putin's decision to launch what Moscow calls a "special military operation" against Ukraine a "perfect example of toxic masculinity" and mocked Putin's macho posturing.
Hitting back, Putin told reporters: "I just want to recall the events of recent history, when Margaret Thatcher decided to launch military operations against Argentina for the Falkland Islands. So, a woman took the decision to launch military action.
"Therefore it's not an entirely accurate reference from the British Prime Minister to what is happening today."
The Russian leader went on to criticise Britain's move, 40 years ago, to respond militarily to Argentina's attempt to seize the sparsely populated British-run islands in the South Atlantic.
"Where are the Falkland Islands and where is Britain?" Putin asked. "Thatcher's actions were dictated by nothing less than imperial ambitions and (a desire to) confirm their imperial status."
Moscow repeatedly rails against Western military interventions in the likes of the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Iraq as examples of Western imperialism and hypocrisy.
But during his two-decade rule Putin himself has faced multiple charges of imperialism, wanting to forcefully expand Russia's borders and influence across the former Soviet space, and has himself said he wished he could reverse the collapse of the Soviet Union.Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has destroyed numerous cities, killed thousands of civilians and forced millions from their homes across Ukraine. — Reuters
LONDON, June 30 — Russian President Vladimir Putin today rejected British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's charge that if he were a woman he would not have invaded Ukraine.
Speaking at a news conference in the early hours today during a visit to Turkmenistan, Putin pointed to former British leader Margaret Thatcher's decision to send troops into the Falklands as a rebuttal of Johnson's theory.
Johnson yesterday dubbed Putin's decision to launch what Moscow calls a "special military operation" against Ukraine a "perfect example of toxic masculinity" and mocked Putin's macho posturing.
Hitting back, Putin told reporters: "I just want to recall the events of recent history, when Margaret Thatcher decided to launch military operations against Argentina for the Falkland Islands. So, a woman took the decision to launch military action.
"Therefore it's not an entirely accurate reference from the British Prime Minister to what is happening today."
The Russian leader went on to criticise Britain's move, 40 years ago, to respond militarily to Argentina's attempt to seize the sparsely populated British-run islands in the South Atlantic.
"Where are the Falkland Islands and where is Britain?" Putin asked. "Thatcher's actions were dictated by nothing less than imperial ambitions and (a desire to) confirm their imperial status."
Moscow repeatedly rails against Western military interventions in the likes of the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Iraq as examples of Western imperialism and hypocrisy.
But during his two-decade rule Putin himself has faced multiple charges of imperialism, wanting to forcefully expand Russia's borders and influence across the former Soviet space, and has himself said he wished he could reverse the collapse of the Soviet Union.Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has destroyed numerous cities, killed thousands of civilians and forced millions from their homes across Ukraine. — Reuters
Wakakakaka…
ReplyDeleteNothing more annoying that those little end-setting commentary of a WASP inspired reporting.
Just like the Cantonese saying slipping onto the floor, yet claiming to grasp for a handful of sand!
There are many people around the world who doubt just how rational Puting is currently.
ReplyDeleteAll his rants about invading in order to carry out deNazifying and demilitarising Ukraine.
Ukraine's military is not, and never was a threat to Ruzia proper, defended by the Mighty Mighty Mighty Ruzian Army.
Every country on Europe struggles against its Race Supremacists , Holocaust Deniers and extremist nativists. However, there never was any evidence Nazis or neo-Nazis holding the sway of power in Ukraine.
The overexaggerated Azov Battalion is exactly that - one battalion (1,000+) in the Ukrainian Army of 250,000.
The frightening part is what it means to have a marginal borderline rational Puting armed with 3,000 nuclear warheads.
R u trying to twist FACTS into fart?
DeleteUkraine was never the issue of that special military operation!
NATO's ceaseless eastward expansion into Ukraine is?
The atrocities done in Donbass towards the Russian speaking Ukrainians is.
Wakakaka…
The crown gem of a fart - "there never was any evidence Nazis or neo-Nazis holding the sway of power in Ukraine"
Who's Stepan Andriyovych Bandera? & why did the nationalist Ukrainians revitalize his Nazis legacies nowadays?
BTW, u read LOTR? As an anmokausai, u must have.
Then paraphrase one ring rules them all with yr fart of "Azov Battalion - one battalion (1,000+) (erh… ??!!)in the Ukrainian Army of 250,000"
Ooop… don't get yr petrified neurons too entangled.
Beware of hemorrhagic
stroke!