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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday reiterated his position that Russia did not start the war in Ukraine but launched what it calls a "special military operation" to try to stop it.

In his yearly speech to the Valdai Discussion Club, being held in Sochi, Putin said Russia, the world's largest country by area, had no need to take territory from Ukraine.

He said the conflict was not therefore imperial or territorial but about the global order, and that the West, which had lost its hegemonic power and always needed an enemy, had lost touch with reality.

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[–] MushuChupacabra 199 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Launching a "special military operation" is starting a war. You can call it a "pacifist peace offering operation", and it's still starting a war.

What Puta calls his starting of the war is irrelevant.

[–] Treczoks 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nobody expected him to say the truth, or am I mistaken?

[–] kautau 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sure, but now it’s in print (or at least digitally published), so later on there’s a mountain of journalism, this bit included, that says that he denies any wrongdoing. Every bit of getting his doublespeak out to the public helps

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[–] themeatbridge 178 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Test that theory. Leave Ukraine and see how much longer the war continues.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] themeatbridge 29 points 1 year ago

Yep, out of Ukraine.

[–] FuglyDuck 93 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

“No no no…. That convoy wasn’t tanks, it was FARM EQUIPMENT!” -Putin.
“Well, it’s farm equipment….now”- Ukrainian Farmers

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

..and how is that going, clown-shoes?

and that the West, which had lost its hegemonic power and always needed an enemy, had lost touch with reality.

Is the "West" in the room with you right now? No? Well you're going to be in a world of shit if the "West" ever bothers to show up, huh?

And speaking of hegemonic power, remind me again who's "traditional allies" are publicly & actively ghosting them?

Russia is going to have to start importing copium from North Korea soon.

BTW, Reuters, the word you're so desperately trying to forget exists when you're talking about Putin is lie. He lied. He's a lying liar.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Is the "West" in the room with you right now?

I heard that "the west" caused him to stub his toe this morning too. And mismatched his socks in the dryer.

[–] Kittengineer 20 points 1 year ago

The West and the Woke living rent free in dictator, and tyrannical supporter’s dreams.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Russian officials have literally said they're going to commit Ukrainian genocide and go after Poland next but sure they're the victim /s

[–] cabron_offsets 43 points 1 year ago

Cool story, blyat.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 43 points 1 year ago

Run that through the good old projection filter real quick...

... Ah, shit.

[–] bappity 43 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

Wake up honey new hexbear talking points just dropped

[–] TwoGems 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can put "Putin lies" in the title, Reuters. He isn't going to sue you.

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[–] Hildegarde 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This "article" is three sentences with line breaks so they look like paragraphs.

This is what passes for journalism these days.

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[–] Chickenstalker 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't rape you, I had sex with you to prevent you from whoring yourself!!!!

[–] JackLSauce 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can we collectively start down voting all the headlines that boil down to "world leader makes meaningless propaganda statement"

The admins would remove it as an opinion piece if a reporter made such a claim but it's somehow different if they hold office?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

If a reporter had millions of soldiers, thousands of nuclear weapons, a submarine fleet, the world's largest standing tank deployment.. at their beck and call, to enforce their every whim, then yes the mad reporters ravings would be newsworthy.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

Hexbear strategy. Patently false, as is standard.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

Pathetic little bitch.

[–] Zithero 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"If I keep repeating the lie, then eventually someone will believe me" - Putin

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[–] travelerthe01 21 points 1 year ago

I don’t get it why people still even gives a damn to what he has to say. He’s a war criminal and he DID start a war, no matter how much him and his bots blame NATO.

He deserves to be arrested together with his supporters.

[–] avater 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

so we did pushed your tanks over the border? Did you take your medicine today Vlad? Does telling a lie again and again really works that well in Russia?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Worlds biggest bull shitter spews more shit, news at 11 lol. Don't need more territory then I guess can give Crimea back.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Of course not. They started a special military operation. Ukraine started the war when they fought back!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

assertion

That's a really strange way to spell "blatant lie".

[–] paddirn 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Oct 5 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Thursday reiterated his position that Russia did not start the war in Ukraine but launched what it calls a "special military operation" to try to stop it.

In his yearly speech to the Valdai Discussion Club, being held in Sochi, Putin said Russia, the world's largest country by area, had no need to take territory from Ukraine.

He said the conflict was not therefore imperial or territorial but about the global order, and that the West, which had lost its hegemonic power and always needed an enemy, had lost touch with reality.


The original article contains 100 words, the summary contains 100 words. Saved 0%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

[–] takeda 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah, everyone knows it was just a reverse psychology. /s

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Despicable piece of human excrement.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Russia did not start the war in Ukraine but launched what it calls a "special military operation" to try to stop it

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He said the conflict was not therefore imperial or territorial but about the global order, and that the West, which had lost its hegemonic power and always needed an enemy, had lost touch with reality.

That lie is about the same level as kid caught with their fingers in the cookie jar. "No, I wasn't going to eat the cookie, I was saving it from you eating it in the future!".

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uh huh. Last time I checked, peacekeeping didn't involve shooting at and bombing innocent civilians, or raping and pillaging towns.

Next thing he'll be wanting condolences for all the people he's had put down via "falling" out of buildings.

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[–] Transcendant 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Up is down, grass is blue, the sky is green. Bla bla bla. It's high time we just started treating anything Putin says as the equivalent of farts in a paper bag.

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[–] Treczoks 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Can we put him in one cell with Trump? They would be a perfect match, two egomaniacs with a severe lack of memory...

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Poor Putin. No one believes you that all these hospitals, kindergardens and playgrounds were in the way to make peace in Ukraine.

I totally believe it. And I think that all the people who don't believe you, should accidentally fall out of windows or down the stairs.

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