dailymail | Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova slammed Pentagon press secretary John Kirby and said he's 'losing his nerve' in his comments over Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Kirby delivered an emotional condemnation of Vladimir Putin's 'depravity' in Ukraine on Friday, and came close to tears as he described the horror of looking at images coming from the war-torn country.
Zakharova, who has served as Moscow's foreign ministry spokesperson since 2015, called Kirby's statement 'rude, insulting and troublesome' in a post on Telegram.
She added that Kirby 'said some nonsense' about Russian President Putin.
'Among other gibberish, he said it was 'hard to look at what Russian forces are doing in Ukraine.' Really? How hard can it be for an American rear admiral to look at anything?' she asked.
The Pentagon press secretary has won rave reviews for his unflappable manner and dry sense of humor during briefings, delivering grim news with the minimum of fuss.
But on Friday, the toll of 65 days of war in Ukraine caught up with him when he was asked about President Putin's state of mind.
'I'm not going to go into the psychology of Vladimir Putin,' he began.
'It's hard to look at what he's doing in Ukraine, what his forces are doing in Ukraine and think that any ethical, moral individual could justify that.
'It's difficult to look at the...'
He tailed off, apparently choking up and battling to regain his composure.
After a few seconds, he resumed his train of thought and delivered one of his most powerful condemnations yet of the Russian president.
'Sorry,' he said.
'It's difficult to look at some of the images and imagine that any well-thinking, serious mature leader would do that.
'So I can't talk to his psychology. But I think we can all speak to his depravity.'
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