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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy touted a newly developed Ukrainian "drone missile" on Saturday that he said would take the war back to Russia and scornfully derided Russia's Vladimir Putin as a "sick old man from Red Square".

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Z6IEH

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Fzelenskiy-signs-law-ukraine-ratifying-rome-statute-2024-08-24%2F

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The new global narrative against tyranny: You’re old, and weird.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

That's mostly it. One may add "narcissistic" and " hoarding wealth".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yes, I was just thinking what if we started calling Putin weird.

I know very little of Putin, but I get the feeling he is more adult than Trump's 5 year old narcissistic emotions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

A super weapon that's gonna change the course of the war, huh?