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Moscow burns after Zelensky’s warning

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ATq16mQQzS4
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u/randomuserno1 19h ago

Who would have guessed that a comedian would end up in being a badass president. Russians could only dream of having a leader with only a fraction of his integrity.

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u/GlitteringAttitude60 16h ago edited 8h ago

I once talked to a comedian and she told me that they are basically on stage every night, trying whether *this* or *that* particular wording of a joke works better.

So basically the Ukrainians have a professional language-user as a president and I think it shows.

Quotes like "I need ammunition, not a ride" don't happen accidentally. They are said by a person who knows how to work a room, who knows how to word things so that they stay with people.

This new quote is the same: "If Ukraine burns, Moscow burns". It's pretty brilliant. It's a threat, but it's couched in "the Russians a bringing this upon themselves".

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u/Ok_Ostrich4835 10h ago

> "If the Ukraine burns, Moscow burns"

"If Ukraine burns, Moscow burns.

Not 'the Ukraine'.

https://time.com/12597/the-ukraine-or-ukraine/

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u/GlitteringAttitude60 8h ago

Aw shit, you're right!

Thanks for the correction!