Posted on 08/17/2024 11:39:02 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Vladimir Putin is feeling the stress from Russia's invasion of Ukraine - as he is seen wringing his hands in a meeting with his top officials after Volodymyr Zelenskyy's troops bit back and made a counter-incursion into the country.
The dictator, 71, was in a security council session on the crisis he faces due to Ukraine's dramatic invasion of the border areas of Kursk region.
His very public hand-wringing and fidgeting came as he was told earlier this week about how Russia had lost territory to Kyiv troops and - at the time - more than two dozen settlements, a figure far higher now.
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As he was told the news, Putin was seen with a solemn expression on his face, fidgeting with a pen and absent-mindedly rubbing his wrists. He occasionally appeared to grimace as he was told the worst information.
Such non-verbal gestures are seen by experts as reflecting anxiety, stress, or indecision.
They may show the dictator is facing an internal conflict and a lack of confidence, or feels fear, or insecurity. He may be seeking to calm himself in an act of self-soothing.
Putin is more often seen strongly gripping a table with one hand, which could also be a reflection of tension and anxiety. As such, the hand-wringing is unusual for the Russian leader.
During the meeting Putin showed some strange facial movements, at several points appearing to bite his lip, appearing exasperated at what he was being told by his officials.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
>>>>“Actually, I got out of my “lazy” armchair here in Florida<<<<
Yeah, mommy, when are you going to squeeze your flabby butt out of that “lazy” armchair and head to Kiev to fight for your beloved Ukraine?
Maybe you and your fellow warmongering zeepers can charter a flight and travel to the front lines together?
You all talk like John Wayne...Go show Putin how tough you are.
Oh, mommy, BOO HOO, you hurt my feelings. That's not a very nice comment for a "REVEREND" to make. Aren't Reverends supposed to build people up, not tear them down like you do?
I think you're losing it. My ultra-lengthy post #147, (even longer than BroJoek's fantasies), about UKE nazis hit your last good nerve, didn't it? It did because it's FACTUAL and from a RELIABLE source unlike the pure propaganda posted by you.
Remember your New Age Grey Rock Therapy sessions you conducted online for stressed out zeepers? I think you should pull out one of your Grey Rocks and meditate on it. I'm sure it will calm you down and bring you inner peace.
BTW, mommy, if I'm "not worth it", why are you still responding to my posts after you said so many times that you wouldn't?
Chief Rabbi Says Ukraine’s Jewish Community ‘Invalidates Russian De-Nazification Narratives’
www.rferl.org
October 04, 2023 14:04 GMT
By Taras Levchenko
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-de-nazification-narratives-jewish-rabbi-azman/32622983.html
[Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman in conversation with RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service.]
KYIV — When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman was with his family in the Kyiv region village of Anatevka, which he co-founded in 2015 as a refuge for displaced people from violence stoked by Moscow in parts of eastern Ukraine.
“We had hundreds of displaced Jews from all over the Kyiv region,” Azman, a longtime leader of Ukraine’s Jewish community, told RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service. “My children and small grandchildren were there. We didn’t know how to save them.”
In the early hours of March 1, 2022, a Russian rocket attack targeting the Kyiv television tower struck the nearby Holocaust memorial at the Babyn Yar ravine.
“There were three Russian rockets that struck the television tower at Babyn Yar,” Azman recalled. “I immediately grabbed a Torah scroll and made an appeal to the Russians. Mentioning that I myself had been born in Leningrad, in Russia, in the Soviet Union, I said: ‘Stop the war! What are you doing?”
VIDEO: https://gdb.rferl.org/cca41aeb-1512-413a-b57f-64b6eeaf0328_tv_w650_r1.jpg
“It was a cry from the soul,” he added. “If you can tell the truth, but you don’t, then you are abetting a crime. The world needs to know the truth. Telling the truth is what I did after the Babyn Yar strike. It was a turning point in my life.”
Since then, Azman has made a mission of debunking Russian propaganda and false narratives about Ukraine and the invasion. In particular, he is outraged by unfounded assertions by Russian President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials and state media that Ukraine is a “neo-Nazi” or “fascist” state.
Azman was elected chief rabbi of Ukraine in 2005 and is one of two claimants to the title.
“I began giving interviews and speaking the truth to the whole world because there is so much Russian propaganda,” Azman said in the interview on October 2. “I asked why they are deceiving the world and why are they lying with this talk of ‘de-Nazification.’ ‘You simply came here to kill people,’ I said.”
‘HEIRS OF THE FASCISTS’
On the day before the Jewish New Year holiday of Rosh Hashanah last month, Azman met with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy along with a delegation of some 30 rabbis from across the country.
“In my speech, I said this meeting nullifies Russia’s narrative about ‘de-Nazification,” Azman said. “Because rabbis work here. The Jewish community is thriving and working. They are Ukrainian patriots. What kind of Nazi country is that?”
“Ukrainians elected a Jewish president,” he added.
In his speeches, Azman has appealed to Russia’s leadership to stop “speculating on the Jewish issue” and misusing the Holocaust for propaganda purposes.
VIDEO https://twitter.com/i/status/1702366400101101627
“They have also exploited the victory in World War II, although that was a global victory over fascism, not a Russian one,” he said.
He argues that modern Russia has, on the contrary, acted like the “heirs of the fascists” during the Ukraine invasion.
“They bombard peaceful cities, including Russian-speaking cities,” he said. “Such as Kharkiv. They wiped the Russian-speaking city of Mariupol off the face of the Earth.”
FIGHTING FOR THE ENTIRE CIVILIZED WORLD’
Azman pointed out that 7 million Ukrainians fought in the Soviet Army against Nazi Germany and that more 2,500 Ukrainians have been honored by Israel as Righteous Among the Nations for risking their lives to save Jews from the Holocaust.
Azman noted that Ukraine has criminalized anti-Semitic hate crimes, and said he believes there is “considerably less” anti-Semitism in Ukraine “than in Russia or in Europe or in the United States, for that matter.”
The Jewish community has provided valuable support to Ukraine’s war effort, Azman said. Several hundred air-conditioning units have been provided to 16 military hospitals, as well as regular supplies of food and medicine. It also imports Israeli first-aid backpacks for medics to use in the field.
The community also arranged the purchase and importation of water-filtration systems from Israel for Ukrainian cities in the Odesa, Mykolayiv, and Kharkiv regions.
Azman continues to condemn the “horrific tragedy” of the Russian invasion, particularly during his frequent trips to Israel.
“This is a war in the center of Europe,” he said. “One strong country — which itself experienced the horrible consequences of Nazi and fascist ideologies, as well as communism — launched a bloody war in which thousands and thousands of innocent people in Ukraine have been killed.”
“There are many symbols,” he concluded. “The rockets that fell in Babyn Yar are a symbol. A symbol that war is evil. The whole world must do all it can to help good. Ukraine today is fighting for good. Not only for itself but for all of Europe, for the entire civilized world.”
“Oh, mommy, BOO HOO, you hurt my feelings.”
You chose to identify with this quote: “You are fighting a battle of wits with an unarmed person sir.
Not worth it.”
I did not suggest it referred to you!!!
FINALLY posting prayers for the US? What a phony you are.
Every day, sometimes multiple times a day, for years, you posted prayers for Ukraine and your globohomo god, Zelensky. You even went so far as to give “Glory to Ukraine”, until Jim told you to stop.
Remember?
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Respectfully, this is America. Christian America. Our history does not include ‘GLory’ to anyone other than to God. All Glory to God.
Less propaganda would be appreciated.
43 posted on 12/2/2023, 11:36:05 PM by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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As I said, less propaganda would be appreciated.
48 posted on 12/2/2023, 9:50:52 PM by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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Since I asked you why you don’t post prayers for America yesterday, you’ve started posting prayers for THIS country in a pathetic attempt to show everyone how concerned you are about America’s welfare.
Too late, mommy. We know where your heart belongs.
BTW, when are you going to heed Jim’s warning about posting propaganda? Aren’t Christians, especially “REVERENDS” as you claim to be, supposed to submit to authority?
>>>>You chose to identify with this quote: “You are fighting a battle of wits with an unarmed person sir.
Not worth it.”
I did not suggest it referred to you!!!<<<<
The “REVERND” lies through her teeth.
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To: bimboeruption
Actually, I got out of my “lazy” armchair here in Florida and spent some time this summer in Europe. Spoke directly to people who have family members still buried thousands of miles from home, in Siberia, for the crime of “having too much land”. I’ve also been to Russia in the past few years. I’ve heard the delusions of grandeur and denial of historical realities directly from brain washed Russians. I’m quite confident I have a firm grasp of the issues at hand. You are out of your league here, champ.
Or maybe you are an American who has self deported to Russia, has gone native and is playing for the other team? That would explain the fantastical cut and paste gaslighting fairy tales that no honest and knowledgeable observer would postulate.
152 posted on 8/20/2024, 5:19:53 PM by lodi90
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Who was lodi90 “fighting” with, mommy? You think you’re so smart by leaving off the name of the FReeper you’re posting to, but if you retrace the posts, it becomes apparent.
BTW, didn’t they teach the 9th. Commandment at that ultra-lib seminary you supposedly attended?
“fighting” ?
Great time to do some research baby girl
Just read the thread for insight
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
You're going to wear out your keyboard searching for proof that nazis can't be found in Ukraine.
Do your job, mommy, and stamp out the truth. Zelensky is proud of you.
Go, mommy, go!
I hit a nerve and mommy's frantic...
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”
Your methinks isn’t working!
Try to ponder a little more! LOL
You're exact words, mommy:
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To: lodi90
You are fighting a battle of wits with an unarmed person sir.
Not worth it.
155 posted on 8/21/2024, 11:23:15 AM by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Pray for God 's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇸) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 152 | View Replies | Report Abuse]
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Looks like my FACTUAL Ukrainian nazi post fried your brain so badly, you don't even know what you've just posted.
Coming from a lying backstabber like you...UGH.
>>>>“fighting” ?
Great time to do some research baby girl<<<<
You’re exact words, mommy:
Yes.
But, what is so sad you assume the comment was meant for you .
If you check there were more than one insulters earlier on thread. Read again
>>>>But, what is so sad you assume the comment was meant for you .<<<<
What’s so sad, tragically sad, is that you’ve been able to fool some people into believing that you’re a representative of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
ROFLOL!!
Thanks, very funny!
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