Putin's tense address: Body language hints at hidden anger
On Thursday, Vladimir Putin addressed Russians in an unannounced televised speech. The dictator's address was analysed by a British body language expert. According to Judi James, Putin "struggled to hide his emotions." She believes the Russian leader was suppressing anger.
James noted that Putin was visibly tense during the speech. "Those hands didn't move, neither did his torso. His micro eye-dart suggested he was reading from an auto-cue and he began in a pose of performed concern, with his right eyebrow held in a frown that curled upward on the inner corner and a heavily furrowed brow," she pointed out.
Furthermore, in her assessment, the dictator's eye movements indicated that he was not speaking off-the-cuff but reading his words from a prompter.
"At one point his voice became slightly hoarse and he cleared his throat, which could suggest inner tension. A slight tightening of his top lip at one point suggested some suppressed anger," explained the expert in a conversation with the UK's "The Mirror."
Putin's unexpected address. Dictator threatens the West
In his address, the dictator stated that "Russian military facilities in the Bryansk and Kursk regions were attacked by Western missiles." According to him, "the conflict in Ukraine has taken on global elements."
He emphasised that in response to these strikes, Russia has launched "combined attacks on Ukrainian military-industrial facilities". Putin also mentioned that on Thursday, for the first time, a medium-range ballistic missile "Oresznik" was launched. He cynically stated that Russia would "inform the civilian population in advance" in the event of using these missiles again so they could evacuate.
The dictator also warned that Russia "has the right to use weapons against military facilities of countries that use their weapons against the Russian Federation". He also cautioned those who, in his view, "vainly doubt that Russia is ready for developments."
Source: mirror.co.uk
