‘Happy birthday Mr President!’: Zelensky aide mocks Vladimir Putin with Marilyn Monroe rendition

Ukrainian officials have mocked Vladimir Putin with a video of Marilyn Monroe singing “Happy Birthday Mr President” after the crucial bridge between Russia and Crimea was blown up early this morning.

A huge explosion in a truck plunged part of the road bridge into the sea and set fire to seven oil tankers on a train on the parallel railway bridge – just hours after Putin’s 70th birthday yesterday.

Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, rubbed the Russian dictator’s nose in the final blow to his campaign in Ukraine by sharing the video of Monroe performing the song alongside footage of the destroyed bridge.

Monroe famously sang Happy Birthday to John F Kennedy at Madison Square Garden in 1962 – five months before the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Danilov shared the message on Twitter with the caption “Good morning Ukraine!” with the video having been viewed more than 430,000 times.

Meanwhile, a senior Ukrainian military official jokingly told the New York Times, “Putin should be happy. Not everyone gets such an expensive gift on their birthday.’

Many others mocked Putin on social media the day after his birthday as Ukraine continues to regain more territory from Russia in the south and east of the country.

Ukrainians joked about ruined bridge, part of which collapsed into the water below, as Putin’s ‘exit’

It refers to US President Biden’s comment: ‘We are trying to figure out, what is Putin’s exit? Where does he find a way out?’

Biden spoke of Putin trying to find a way out of the war after he annexed four regions in eastern Ukraine, though he did not have full control over them.