Posted on 05/02/2023 12:36:09 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
With even nationalist pro-war bloggers criticising Putin’s actions in Ukraine, his desperation and paranoia are growing.
May is traditionally a month for public celebration in Russia, with massive public processions on 1 May for Labour Day and military parades on 9 May for Victory Day, a holiday commemorating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. Not so in 2023. Russia’s biggest trade union cancelled its traditional Labour Day demonstrations because of the “heightened risk of terrorist activity”, while regions near the Ukrainian border called off Victory Day parades so as to “not provoke” the Ukrainian army.
The Russian government has warned people across the country to stay away from military installations on Victory Day, while the hugely popular Immortal Regiment, an event during which ordinary citizens all over Russia march with portraits of relatives who died in the second world war, has been moved online.
Allegedly the “terrorist” threat comes from Ukraine – Russian media reported on 24 April that a downed Ukrainian drone was found 30km (20 miles) from Moscow – but it seems difficult to accept that Russia’s air defences cannot guarantee the safety of Moscow’s skies during the country’s biggest patriotic celebration of the year, particularly at a time when Putin has been stoking Russian nationalist feelings to garner support for his war in Ukraine.
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Things are not going well for Russia at this time. Surprises me, but that’s the reality.
Putin was assasinated sometime on April 30 or May 1st.
Saw that on youtube.
Williams, you wouldn’t know reality if it bit you on your nose 👃
Actually hiring Jeb Bush’s campaign operatives to build up crowds was a mistake.
Flashing Sign:
Пожалуйста, хлопайте
(Please clap).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUXvrWeQU0g
"At the same time that public protest is being pre-emptively suppressed, dissent and conflict continues to grow in military circles."
A parade that shows how much was lost and how many are dead is never good for a dictator's self image.
Putin fears having his own "Ceausescu Moment". Any appearance of weakness makes him vulnerable.
Yep a shape shifting lizard alien has taken Putins place. I seen it on a newspaper at the check out line at the piggly wiggley.
Wait…hasn’t Putler been dead since of stomach cancer since last year?! His Chemo treatments did him in…right?
It seems the Russian serfs and paroled prisoner slaves who die by the thousands for the tin pot czar in Ukraine are not so “immortal” after all.
Putin is Dark Knight Batman. He’s flawed, for sure. But his enemies are my enemies.
The Globalists never wanted the USSR to fall. And they damn well know that the Christian faith of Eastern Europeans helped to bring it down.
That’s why they’ve pursued a policy of weakening Russia and strengthening China since the 90’s. They have an affinity for the CCP.
They want to divide pro Christian Eastern Europe, and force them to choose between kissing the ring of the EU/USA, or suffering the consequences of resisting the Globalist agenda.
Ukraine sold it’s soul to the Globalists. Zelensky is yet another corrupt, money laundering demon,j like Fauci.
"PUTIN!!!!! REEeeeeeeeeeeee!"-Zeeper Dude
Winning, yo! When all dey shizzle gettin' blowed up it mean dey be winnin', YO!!!
I b offishal spokeman for FR Youkazoids, yo! Youcrayne cities bin derstroyed 'n no runnin' water 'n no food, yo! Dat b prufe that Youcrayne has one da war, Yo.
As offishall FR Youkazoid spokesman I sez dat da Spring Offensive (Yo!Yo!Yo!) it begin in November dis year, yo, so maybe it b a Summer Offensive insted, yo.
Pro Christian eastern and central Europe want the Kremlin to stop threatening to invade it
Ukraine is not our enemy. Period.
Putin is our enemy no matter who is in the White House.
The only war the Brits and Biden regime can win is in coming up with creative propaganda.
Update on the conflict in Ukraine for May 1, 2023:
- Russia has conducted multiple large-scale missile strikes across Ukraine including the targeting of potential staging activities ahead of Ukraine's spring/summer offensive;
- Russian missile strikes are also exhausting Ukraine's air defense capabilities at a rate difficult for its Western allies to replace;
- Errant Ukrainian S-300 missiles falling into populated areas and causing civilian casualties are now regularly blamed on Russia;
- Several of Ukraine's remaining S-300 systems appeared to be moving into Kherson to provide potential air defenses ahead of the expected offensive but were discovered and destroyed by Russian Lancet kamikaze drones;
- There has a been an up-tick in fantastical propaganda across the West, reflecting the growing issues Ukraine's war efforts face in reality;
Since early April, when Pentagon briefing slides about the state of the Ukrainian army 'leaked' onto the web, the writing in 'western' media about the much discussed Ukrainian counteroffensive has become more gloomy.The hyping is largely gone and the assessments become more realistic. Three days ago the London Times offered a piece in that category:
Ukraine isn’t ready for its big offensive, but it has no choice (paywalled, archived version)
Kyiv is locked into a spring or summer push despite burning through ammo so fast that the West can’t keep up.
[W]hile the Ukrainians are moving quickly to assimilate their 230 new and reconditioned western tanks and 1,550 armoured vehicles, they still lack proper air defences for any big offensive operation. That puts them at risk from Russian airpower. Western defence sources are also uncertain whether senior commanders can adapt to the new systems as well as their soldiers on the ground.
Yet Kyiv has little real choice but to launch a major spring or summer offensive. Its leaders are increasingly boxed in. As an American defence official put it: “The Ukrainians have surprised us as well as Putin in the past, but have much less room for manoeuvre now . . . and the Russians know it.”
President Zelensky has managed the West with great skill, but to maintain its support he has to show what Washington insiders rather tastelessly call a “return on investment”.
He must also balance domestic politics. Hawks such as Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief, prevent any meaningful talk about negotiations, even though some in the government think now is the time to put out feelers. One western diplomat in Kyiv described a “surreal parallel experience” as his interlocutors “discuss potential formats for negotiations one evening” and then “shout that there can be no talks with Russia” in public the next day.
During the war Kiev first burned through its standing army material and personnel. It then received a large amount of Soviet era equipment from former Warsaw Pact members and burned through that stash. It has now received 'western' arms for a third army that will largely consist of mobilized civilians with little military experience. After the counteroffensive has run its course, no matter the outcome, that third army will largely be destroyed. There will be no more material and personnel for a fourth army.
What “Victory Parade” doink?
Mitch, is that you?
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