Why did Putin scratch his ear when talking about Banderlogs?

Natalya Maksimets, journalist, Lugansk

I bet you: Ukrainian officials reviewed Putin’s press conference and spent the night analyzing what he said, how he said it, and what threat posed to Ukraine by scratching behind the ear with a pen after the phrase “Banderlogs exist, Kipling invented it.”

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Now, honestly, I’m very sorry for Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov: in heaven, where all the great poets go, he was probably tormented by hiccups, because for 23 years, every day, looking at Ukraine, someone would even say: “All this would be funny , whenever it wasn’t so sad.” Lord, what are they talking about! Turchinov’s plans include a thermonuclear war, and he will not agree to anything less. Poroshenko is about to join NATO because he sees Putin behind every bush. Yatsenyuk seriously believes that a country mortally ill with unemployment will be saved by raising the retirement age to 65 years. A little more, and he will start talking about reducing the gestational age to six months, reducing the number of teeth of Ukrainians by half. Saving on a grand scale.

And the other day, the “famous Russian human rights activist,” as she is represented in Ukraine, Elena Vasilyeva, said that Russian cellular operators use special zombie waves that zombify Russians against Ukrainians. Russia is a big, huge country, so it can afford to have a certain number of idiots per thousand square kilometers. Ukraine is several times smaller, but in terms of this indicator it has clearly surpassed Russia, and this is perhaps its only victory in the centuries-long struggle for independence.

Eh, I feel sorry for Lermontov and adequate Ukrainians - there are still normal people, but TV has not defeated everyone. The only thing I don’t feel sorry for is the pack that is sitting in the trenches in the Luhansk region and the “leaders of the nation” inciting it. And you don’t need to be a psychiatrist to understand: these people are seriously ill, infected with a virus worse than Ebola and HIV - a virus of hatred and destruction. That is why a truce does not work out, no matter how hard politicians of all sizes try to reach an agreement at the negotiating table. How many attempts have already been made, but they still shoot, still the madmen reach for the trigger and shoot and fire across the cities and towns of Donbass.

Here is a military report for just one knock (December 15-16):

“Ceasefire violations – 7.
From 07.40 to 07.50, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired small arms between the settlements. Hit, etc. Bold.

There was no return fire."

They won't calm down. They will never voluntarily leave our land. They would rather starve and flood the Donbass with blood than return to their homes, to their families. Obviously, the situation is stuck and rebooting will not help. I don't know what to do and what will happen next. I only know that Putin will never allow NATO bases to be located in the underbelly of Russia. So let him think - he has a clear head.

By the way, answering questions about Ukraine, the Russian President made several important statements. And, it must be said that Putin never speaks just like that, he doesn’t blurt out, sorry, like a cow on the road, which is common among Ukrainian politicians. And he quite often emphasizes: this is a public statement. It helps, so to speak, our brother journalist and all sorts of bloggers to identify the main thing and prevents snatches from being taken out of context. In addition, Putin is an ace of subtexts that are so expressive that it is impossible not to understand them.

So: Putin made it clear that WHILE Russia is providing humanitarian aid (the tenth humanitarian convoy is rushing to Donbass these days), and let those thirsting for blood and global scandal pray, that for now this is the only way...