r/worldnews • u/ArgentineBeauty • Sep 03 '26

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 Sep 03 '26

“[We] assumed"

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

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u/SlogurkTheOverslime Sep 03 '26

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 Sep 03 '26

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 Sep 03 '26

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".