r/worldnews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 21h ago

Russia/Ukraine ‘We Were Mistaken’: Putin Admits Russia Was Unprepared for Ukrainian Strikes on Oil Refineries

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83674
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u/Karli_Chirk 21h ago

“[We] assumed"

The editorial choice of [We] instead of [I have] is hillarious.

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u/SlogurkTheOverslime 20h ago

Putin always speaks this way

It's always "I ordered" when it's a good thing and "we allowed" when it's a bad thing

It's been an obvious pattern since like 2003

He doesn't admit jack shit here

He simply throws his underlings under the bus again

His message is "Oh no, the evil boyars have misinformed the well-intended tsar"

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u/Mustbhacks 15h ago

It's always "I ordered" when it's a good thing and "we allowed" when it's a bad thing

Tis' just the classic, Privatize the gains, socialize the losses

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u/zucksucksmyberg 11h ago

IMO its more of a jab to Putin since he believes he is the new Tsar of Russia and was addressing the Russian audience using the royal "we".