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 ...
It’s all for public consumption. The only plus for Ukraine is that he has to engage in hand wringing theatre because he’s worried about the reaction of the Russian people.
That and whatever plus comes on the battlefield, which we have to wait and see.
Is there ANYTHING that sWill can't do?
In Germany the dictator shoots you. In Russia the dictator throws you out a window.
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Those guys didn’t miss much schnitzel at the dinner table.
The tell-tale tremor of a doomed tyrant: How Putin’s ‘uncontrollable’ shaking hand bears the hallmarks of Hitler’s Parkinson’s disease... as Allied forces closed in on Berlin in 1945
In Ukraine they give you a cut of the laundered loot.
What Arsen Avakov doink?
Wars are neither wonor lost based on how the choef of state looks. Thos is just silly.
Maniacal dictators and Hitler wannabe’s rarely accept that they are incompetent... It’s always somebody else’s fault.
Putin doesn’t look sick to me.
The entire Donbas front is collapsing as the Kursk Pocket is quickly becoming the graveyard or POW camp for many thousand hapless Ukes. I’m surprised that you would you post this pic of Putin “Mr.Burns” rubbing his hands with glee as he contemplates his good fortune. Good catch!
What the hell is that thing?
Welp, today’s Ukrainian propaganda is stupider than yesterday’s.
Russia redeployed troops to Kursk in the days before the Ukrainians crossed the border because it had been warned of the Ukrainian operation. The Ukrainians then walked eagerly into the trap. Russia didn’t close the border, another 3000 men joined the initial 12,000 of Ukraine’s best troops in this trap. Ukraine will have lost around 3000 by now. With fewer men and hardware, the pace of Ukrainian losses will accelerate. The international community is disgusted; Germany won’t be sending any more money down this black hole the Ukraine has dug in Kursk.
The Ukrainians have lost so many that they are pulling soldiers from the Donbas to reinforce them. In Donbas, their soldiers are complaining that since the Kursk operation, they are receiving fewer shells and armored vehicles. The Russians are taking advantage of the Ukraine’s decision to move some of its troops from Donbas to Kursk - the Russians are advancing more rapidly in the Donbas.
The only reason Zelensky keeps his troops in Kursk, now that they are low on vehicles, fuel, and losing men, is either his narcissism (prestige seeking propaganda) and/or the rumors that the Ukrainians have a dirty bomb, or are awaiting delivery of a dirty bomb. They are still trying to reach or damage the nuclear power plant, but they don’t have the mobility anymore.
Zelensky say’s he’s advancing in several directions in Kursk; he is lying. He’s been sending reconnaissance teams which are being ambushed by Chechen forces Russia deployed to this forested region because they excel at such ambushes.
In the pic you provide - Putin is using one hand to rub the wrist of the other, and may be wincing (arthritis, carpal tunnel? wut?). Whatever it his, this doesn’t look like worry. If/When something makes Putin worry, he’s not the kind to wring his hands for the cameras (He is former KGB head).
Putin has declared Ukrainians in Kursk as ‘terrorists’ because the incursion team brought teams of foreign mercenaries who have been shooting at citizens, fire trucks, ambulances etc. Putin says he won’t negotiate with terrorists - and that terrorists do not receive the protections of the Geneva convention.
It’s stunning that Zelensky made such a massive stupid error (kurks) but I do think he wants to double down. This does seem like his Battle of The Bulge.
Are the Russians incrementally advancing? Yes. Is it a difficult situation for the Ukrainians? Yes. Is the entire Donbas front collapsing? No. Such hyperbole only weakens your position, not strengthen it.
That is a picture of marcusmaximus. That should explain all you need to know about it’s support of Ukraine. If Putin could play the piano with his penis, marcusmaximus would be singing his and Russia’s praises.
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