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This is the creepy moment Vladimir Putin's hands seem to freeze as he delivers a brutal address in Moscow.
The despot spoke to his nation after vanishing for almost two weeks, during which time concerns about his health grew in Russia. His fiery address concerning the situation in Ukraine was marred as, for nearly ten minutes, Putin's hands appeared to freeze still.
One X user posted a clip with the caption: "If you speed up the video, it is visible that Putin's hands are not moving and look like they are separate from his body. The sound and lip movement do not correspond at times."
The timelapse clip, which shows two minutes of the speech, shows Putin shuffle his upper body but his hands remain motionless. It is understood they remained that way for the eight-minute address, the 72-year-old despot's first appearance following a two-week absence from the public eye.
Putin discussed Ukraine's recent use of long-range US ATACMS missiles and British Storm Shadow missiles. The reaction on social media, though, concerned worries about his health, rather than the conflict.
Some on X pointed out oddities in the speech, such as his voice and lip movement not matching up, the chair behind him randomly moving, and his tie appearing to be blurry.
Another posted: "At times he has a bad tremor. He often grasps a chair or table etc, likely to keep it from being noticed in that way too." However, Russia recently denied Putin is experiencing any health challenges.
Back here, Maria Eagle, a defence minister, stressed the UK will not be put off supporting Ukraine by Putin's "irresponsible rhetoric". Her comments come after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the UK is "not at war" in relation to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
Defence procurement minister Ms Eagle spoke to journalists as she opened an office for Rolls-Royce Submarines in Glasgow. She said: "We've heard this kind of irresponsible rhetoric from him (Putin) before.
"He's trying to stop nations supporting Ukraine, whilst he doesn't seem to mind that much about the support he's getting from North Korea and other nations. We can't allow ourselves to be put off from supporting Ukraine, and we won't be."