Emotion surge in front of journalists
Pentagon spokesman Putin is emotional about the incident
04/30/2022, 00:20 am
As US Defense Department spokesman, John Kirby continues to explain the Ukrainian war to the media. But when asked by Russian President Putin during a press conference, the Pentagon official lost his temper and became unusually emotional.
John Kirby, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Defense, was unusually emotional and critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. “This is the coldest and worst kind of brutality,” Kirby said in Washington, referring to Putin’s actions in the war.
“We considered Putin capable of adhering to what he believed to be Russia’s national interests with rigor and brutal determination. I think we all understood that,” he added. . ”
Kirby apologizes
Kirby responded to a reporter’s question on whether he thought Putin was a “rational actor.” A Pentagon spokesman said he was not a psychologist and could not assess what was happening inside the Russian presidency. But he can talk about his “fraud”. “It is difficult to see what he is doing in Ukraine, what his troops are doing in Ukraine, and it is difficult to imagine that any ethical, moral person can justify it,” he said. When Kirby brought with him pictures of atrocities committed by Russian troops in Ukraine, he briefly restored his peace.
Kirby called Putin’s war rhetoric “nonsense” because he wanted to destroy Ukraine and protect Russian citizens in that country. “Innocent people in Ukraine know what he really does and that rhetoric is hard to fix.”
Kirby’s choice of words and emotions like this is extraordinary. A Pentagon spokesman reports to the Defense Ministry several times a week about the course of the war – always confidently, professionally and elegantly. “I do not think I should be emotional. I apologize for that,” Kirby apologized shortly after his emotional outburst.
The United States has criticized Putin’s call for a G20
Meanwhile, the US government has criticized Putin’s invitation to the G20 summit in Indonesia in November. White House spokesman Jen Psi said US President Joe Biden had “generally expressed his opposition” to Putin’s participation in the Bali summit. “We have expressed our opinion that we do not think they should be a part of it.”
A U.S. State Department spokesman said that Ukraine could not return to normalcy in dealing with Russia “in the international community and international organizations” in view of the war. Earlier, Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced that Putin would attend the G20 summit in Bali and that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zhelensky had been invited.
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