Something is going to happen, I’m not entirely sure what it is, but something is going to happen on May 8th and 9th as Russia pauses the conflict with Ukraine to celebrate one of their most treasured holidays, Victory Day.
My spidey senses are telling me, Ukraine and the EU are planning something very controversial to coincide with this national holiday in the Russian Federation.
Germany has done this before, but this time with President Trump pulling back from NATO, this year holds a different context.
GERMANY – Berlin police published an administrative order on 6 May restricting freedom of assembly and access to public spaces in the areas around three Soviet war memorials from 06:00 on 8 May until 22:00 on 9 May.
In the restricted zones of the Treptow-Köpenick, Mitte and Pankow districts, the wearing of military uniforms and insignia is prohibited, as is the display of the letters Z and V, St George’s ribbons, flags and items bearing Russian symbols, flags of the USSR, Belarus and the Chechen Republic, and portraits of their leaders, as well as depictions of Ukraine that exclude its occupied territories.
Russian military and marching songs – including all versions of Sacred War – are also banned, along with any actions that glorify Russia’s war against Ukraine. The ban applies to everyone present in the restricted areas, regardless of whether they are participating in demonstrations or not. (more)
May 9, celebrated as Victory Day, is one of the most significant and heartfelt holidays in Russia, symbolizing resilience, unity, and remembrance. This day honors the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War. It is a time when the nation collectively reflects on its history, pays tribute to those who sacrificed their lives, and celebrates the enduring spirit of its people.
The Russian people, ordinarily invisible regular people, take historic photographs of their loved ones lost in World War II and prominently display them. Some cities and towns have marches where citizens carry those photographs during slow processions in silence. It is something rather remarkable to see and highlights a strong bond to remember just how many millions of Russians were killed during the great war.
It is more than just a day of respect, national pride and remembrance. It is a day that encapsulates the deliberate and hardened spirit of a nation. Nothing is open. The entire Russian Federation pauses to reflect on the character that defines what the word “Russian” really means. These are brutally stoic, deliberate and honest people; gifted culturally and generationally with an inability to pretend.
To the West they seem hard, but that’s not really what it is. In reality, Western cultures are enmeshed with polite indulgences that are foreign to the average Russian person. We take things for granted; they do not. We forget how good we have it, they see it. However, Russia also sees the downside to political correctness running amok, DEI and other gender-‘isms’ that create pretenses that ultimately become cultural rot and vulnerabilities.
Russians like the concept of Western ‘freedom’, yet they do not quite understand it because Russians do not respect the visible self-flagellation and suicide mission that seemingly accompanies the freedom they perceive.
Do not ever fall into the trap of romanticizing Russia, it is a hard and unforgiving culture difficult for most because Russians do not accept false politeness, nor do they respect weakness. They are very deliberate; unnervingly so, and that makes them cold.
I’ve said all that to emphasize the importance of his Victory Day holiday throughout the Russian Federation. This is not a day to disrespect Russia.
I’m not sure what snarky Zelenskyy and the cunning coalition of the willing have planned, but if they trigger a provocation that at this point seems predictable – they might not like the Russian response.
Then again, that’s likely the goal. The ‘coalition of the willing’ want to force President Trump to remain actively engaged and on their side.
Zelenskyy and his EU team are willing to provoke, then take, a massive counterstrike from Vladimir Putin against Kiev if that’s what it takes to keep the U.S. military engaged and aligned.
The Ukraine meat grinder must remain satiated in order for the EU power structures to remain in place.
This is a dangerous moment.
That picture of them all huddling around the fraud is telling…
they are all huddling around the same fraud: themselves
They are muddling their own waters….a cross between piddling and Pilfering
And the fraud actually believes they care about what he has to say. They just want war spoils when it’s over. And there are very valuable spoils to be had.
They sure seem insistent on getting their war. Pulling our troops out of Germany can’t come soon enough!
I agree and I think our servicemen are most vulnerable to a false flag episode to provoke a response from America.
It would certainly seem with the EUnuchs and NATO obviously losing influence and financial ground, they really need an expanded conflict from Russia/Ukraine to remain relevant. Wars are profitable regardless of the loss of human life. Personally would lay a sizable wager on the Ukrainian worm doing everything possible to provoke Russia into a devastating counter attack during this Russian holiday
Absolutely. The Autopen increased our troops in Germany by 5000, so Trump’s drawdown has ZERO net difference, compared to his first term. The remaining 31,000 need to come home too. Not just for ideological reasons, or for the fact that Germany continues to skimp on their share of NATO funding. With this deliberate, and very insulting, poke of the Russian bear, they place our troops in harm’s way. For what? A foolish gesture.
So easy, and so weak, to taunt your much stronger foe, when someone else always comes to your rescue. It’s well past time for Uncle Sugar to say “enough”.
For once I earnestly hope your analysis is wrong SD.
Although the pragmatic view is the EU and Ukraine are desperate to the point of partial self destruction……ruling over the ashes…..smh.
Why be so desperate. Everything they say says they are winning.
They say they are gaining ground.
And that they are killing 20 Russians for every Ukrainian that dies.
What on earth can they have to be desperate about?
It’s just a matter of time before Russia revolts and takes out Putin.
Not long at all.
If you believe what they say.
Of course, they will play up these upcoming barbarities as a great victory.
And the retaliation Putin is threatening will be played up as crimes.
You sound as though you need a tampon for your brain.
A friend, years ago, who spoke and read Russian when it was the Soviet Union and translated for the Army in WWII described Russians as very pragmatic, no nonsense people.
If you dont understand them they come off as arrogant. If you do understand them theyre a great people.
If only some Americans were no nonsense….like millennials…
I do wish more Americans were no-nonsense too. Millennials certainly, but I want these lib, blue hairs
at the no kings protests to Pretend to be adults.
Why are European nations still giving anything out of Germany any attention? Two world wars wasn’t enough?
The Euroweenies in charge aren’t the ones who will bleed.
Two world wars instigated by Britain.
Aside from all the financial benefits of keeping the war going, Russia provides the distraction the EU elites hope will keep their peoples focused away from their internal problems that were created by those same elites. So yes, I agree that something is going to happen. The EU elites don’t have much to offer and badly need to keep up that distraction.
Desperate leaders do Stupid things!
Thanks, Sec/War Pete,…. bring our US Troops Home from those ungrateful back stabbers.
All of the economic hardships that occur because of the Green New Scam/Build Back Better can be blamed on the Russia/Ukraine war.
“The Ukraine meat grinder must remain satiated in order for the EU power structures to remain in place.”
How about putting the EU power structures through the meat grinder?
How about revoking passports for any European “elite” responsible for starting WWIII, so they cannot flee to America when their cities burn? It’s the people who suffer. Always the little guys. I really despise the people who think they should rule the world.
Great idea, IMO.
This is certainly the place to bring that up.
There’s this thing about spiders. They can weave a very difficult and tightly knit web. Yet there is one weakness in web spinning. The spider can be killed.
Maybe, just maybe, there will be another response from Trump that they won’t like!
Two middle fingers.
Double Mickey!
If they somehow escalate something. I would tarriff EU 1000%
Or they’re gonna wave white towels standing atop a windmill
Retired Magistrate here: When I was much younger the U.S.S.R. (which included Russia) was referred to as the evil empire by President Regan. However, now it is the EU and Ukraine which are the evil empire. No, I am not looking at Russia in a “rose colored” glasses way, but in the way that Russia is proud of her heritage and sees it as a privilege to honor those who died defending Mother Russia from the Nazis.
Ukraine, the EU, the globalist central bankers, the global intelligence community, the corrupt corporate media, and our own UniParty—Evil Empire 2026
It’s always about money. Always. Anytime that particular group comes together you can bet obtaining money is heavily involved
Which goes to show us that they are soulless atheists. Everyone knows you can’t take it with you when you die. Where does that desire come from? Satan. It’s always Satan.
Not only proud of their heritage, but they will never forget that over 27 million Russian soldiers and civilians died in that Great Wat to defend and preserve Mother Russia.
(BTW: my MD wife is RU, from Riga. She has told me many times how import this day is in Russia,… her father would march in the streets in his Mil uniform and medals on this day and all would honor the former soldiers. Her uncle, a RU fighter pilot is still MIA.)
I will never forget that their people fell victim to communism. Not much respect will be given for that deed.
And we here in the US are trying very hard to usher in communism here. We ought to be careful who we criticize lest we copy them.
It is often referred to as Mother Russia but it was the Soviet Union that fought the Germans. This included yes Ukrainians and other republics. Many of the biggest battles were fought in Ukraine. Many millions of non Russians died, sacrificed, and suffered in that war to only be treated as garbage by Moscow post war. Whatever the current state of Russia is today, it shouldn’t be forgotten what they were in those days. They were brutal murderers that far outdid anything the NAZI’s ever did. That doesn’t excuse what’s going on with Germany and Ukraine today but let’s at least keep the actual history in perspective.
Except for the Ukrainians who joined the Nazis.
”The 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) (German: 14. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (galizische Nr. 1); Ukrainian: 14-та гренадерська дивізія СС «Галичина», romanized: 14-ta hrenaderska dyviziya SS “Halychyna”), commonly referred to as the Galicia Division, was a World War II infantry division of the Waffen-SS, the military wing of the German Nazi Party, made up predominantly of volunteers with Ukrainian ethnic background from the area of Galicia, later also with some Slovaks.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS_(1st_Galician)
Also :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia_and_Eastern_Galicia
But we must NOT forget, they were NOT the majority of the Soviet Ukrainians.
I think Brutual Murderers are still bad people be they German NAZIS or Russian Communists. The leaders were the murderers and Stalin was Georgian.
All true.
But when the Soviets fell in 1992, Russians chose to move forward. The West, however chose to pick up where the Soviets left off, starting with a repurposed NATO and the Soros/Clintons Rape of Serbia, for Child Trafficking, Drugs, Islam, White Slavery and Genocide, Oligarchy and Globalism.
On the flip side, throughout the history of the USSR, the Left romanticized Russian culture. They even referred to it as “the Motherland”.
They swooned over Checkhov., Tolstoy and Baryshnikov, long before donning Che Guevara T shirts or Palestinian kefiyahs.
Now that Russia and the rest of Eastern Europe has thrown off the yoke of Communism and embraced Christian Nationalism, the Left can’t get enough of Boris and Natasha Cold War propaganda.
We’re going on 4 years now where the flags of Russia and Belarus are not allowed to be shown next to the names of tennis players representing these countries in tournaments.
Seeing the Western ruling class turn on a dime like that is enough to make me skeptical of every single narrative that comes down the pike, where the volume is turned up to 11.
> 4 years now where the flags of Russia and Belarus are not allowed to be shown next to the names of tennis players representing these countries in tournaments.
Thanks for informing us. What does this have to do with the interests of the USA? Not a thing. I was glad when President Trump and President Putin met in Alaska.
The top club football (soccer) teams from Belarus and Russia are denied participation in European football tournaments. Likewise, neither Russia or Belarus were allowed by FIFA to participate in World Cup qualifying.
Remember what we were told it’s not our war. A ‘good luck’ is as much as should be extended
The Euroweenies have forgotten that NATO nor the US are obliged to defend Ukraine or any other country that is bombed into oblivion in retaliation for their offensive attack on Russia.
May they be served their just rewards should they do so.
Watch Transistria and what they do in Hungary now.
A timely reminder for Transistria.
Speaking of which, the new NATO base in Romania would also be a place to keep an eye on.
I believe that Romania just voted out the ruling party that sold them out to the EU.
Be interesting to see how that affects the huge planned NATO base there!
My guess is that Russia’s response, if any, to an EU/Ukraine provocation would be to hammer Ukraine, a non-NATO country, which would allow Trump to say “It’s a non-NATO country, and there is no NATO response needed. Also, we’re exiting NATO anyway because NATO failed to support us in Iran using the same argument. So if Ukraine needs help, the little cocaine-sniffing grifter running Ukraine can beg the whiny Spaniards, the feckless Italians, and the mewling Germans to help — and good luck with that.”
Taking out energy infrastructure that connects Ukraine to the rest of Europe would be a priority target, and perhaps just the right level of FAFO to stick it to the Fourth Reich in Brussels.
Thinking the transmission lines and transformers that connect a couple of nuclear power plants to the European grid.
Brussels, London, and Washington DC—a modern day “axis of evil.”
The problem is most of CONgress, and the Enemedia would eviscerate Trump for not supporting Ukraine and a retaliation.
So….nothing different.
Exactly
President Trump does only what is good for the United States, not that which the enemedia and Congress demand. Always MAGA.
Mr. Putin does only what is good for Russia.
Or CONgress
Germans returning to their roots. Saying things that would’ve been perfectly acceptable back in 1939.
Holy Father in Heaven, please bless and protect the Russian people as they celebrate Victory Day.
Please thwart the evil plans of Zelenskyy and the EU. Please God, punish all those who thirst for death and destruction and who seek to profit from bloodshed.
I pray in the name of my risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
Amen.
With more than 20 million killed during the Great Patriotic War, Russian males between the ages of 16-40 who were still alive at war’s end had to consider themselves the luckiest people on Earth.
Amen.
The EUnuchs are pretty well screwed.
Russia will not be kind to them.
Germany will be trying to force us to defend them.
The EU not helping in the Gulf with a true threat makes attacking Russia on the 9th a fool’s errand. Streets usually run in two directions.
The EU talks war with Russia in 2030? Like they can schedule it? More like 2040 until they rearm and by then the Islamists will be fighting them.
“The EU talks war with Russia in 2030? Like they can schedule it? More like 2040 until they rearm and by then the Islamists will be fighting them.”
To paraphrase Pogo, in 2040 the EU may, in a moment of reflection, say we has met the Caliphate, and they is us.
Robert Heinlein (himself of German decent, something I share) IIRC said there is something rotten in the heart of German culture.
Sounds like a veiled confession of the rotten something in the heart of Robert Heinlein, as revealed in his later novels.
I’d put more stock in George Patton, and his assessment that “the Germans are the only decent people left in Europe.”
One does not necessarily negate the other.
I am reminded of the scene in the movie Patton, where the Russian General is drawing Patton into a toast. Some harsh words are exchanged, at which point Patton laughs and says – “That I can drink to – One son-of-a-bitch to another.”
Practical, yet respectful of power. Too many of our politicians and leaders have been neutered (yes, males and females) until Trump came along.
I would like to hear someone identify just what national interest NATO continues to hold for us.
Oh the silver haired and parsel tongued diplomats abound in this world. DC is full of them and they are full of themselves…
John Bolton comes to mind. May his orange jumpsuit fit unkindly as he enters that prison not of his choosing! Spit
HOW IT ALL STARTED: 19 Years Ago NATO War Criminals Bombed Serbia – Russian Documentary
https://m.ok.ru/video/695050768694
https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/adolf-heusinger
Bingo!
I have a very bad feeling that my Navy grand baby will be fighting, just like momma and daddy did during the Iraq War years ago
I wish we had more Memorial Day activities to honor the dead from all our wars and conflicts. When I was a child, we had a small parade and then gathered at the town cemetery (it was a small town) for a couple speeches and the playing of Taps. A silent procession where people hold the pictures of their lives ones lost to war seems like a true honoring of their sacrifice..
I love that.
For the Russian people…
With respect.
With prayers that if its intent is malignant and foolhardy on Russia’s sacred day that Germany and its associates think twice.
Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky
Sublime
Tears…Thank You Betsy jones
In Germany 1936 Jews were the targets.
In Germany 2026 Russians are the targets.
Things didn’t go so well with the world after 1936. May God bless and protect us.
“Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever.”
Amen
And in both cases, the press for war was ultimately coming from Britain.
Putin is not an idiot nor is he impulsive or reactionary.
If Z and his puppeteers want to provoke him to get the US in line Im certain Putins response will not give them what they want. And Trump certainly wont bite. We know he has an agreement with Putin over the hostilities with Iran, he wont squander that momentum. Additionally local elections in the UK are going to squeeze Starmer harder and Merz is already backpeddling on his thoughts on Iran.
Z better think carefully.
You mean his handlers?
Local council elections tomorrow in Blighty.
Starmerbannfurher, now hanging on by his fingernails, attempted to increase the number of councils which “postponed” elections last year, knowing what is coming, but the Court slapped him down.
In this house, my British husband and I fervently hope that Labour is wiped from the map.
If this happens, I suspect his party will dump him. And replace him with someone even more vainglorious.
And fanatical.
“Those whom the gods would destroy they first cause to go mad.”
I’d guess the possibility of a May surprise was discussed between President Trump and President Putin in their recent conversation. Both leaders understand the value of proper planning, both have their eyes fixed firmly on the strategic horizon and both respect each other, for differing but aligned reasons.
I find this all sad and disappointing.
I see this as an issue of respect, human dignity, the patriotism that we all should have for our own nations.
There is nothing wrong with all of this, to love your own people and your country, we need more of this not less of it.
Like President Trump has said many times, he wants everyone to make their own country great again.
I see this Russian holiday as them doing this.
We have similar holidays here on Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day, we make these efforts to honor and be honorable.
We understand this need and importance and this something that we could have in common with Russia and any other nation that has such a day.
These points where we can find things in common today are critical when there is such division.
Any country or their leaders that would ruin this sacred day for Russia or any country trying to do this, that is quite revealing about what and who they are.
We’ll be watching and taking notes.
The older I get, the more I grow so sick of all this bullshit- quite honestly.
Zelenskyy is a menace to the world and should be seen and treated as such.
Speaking only from personal experience I find that many Americans do not have a clue the difference between Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and the 4th of July. Many people are muddled and confused about the holidays, they do tend to get that the American flag is part of the celebrations. Many don’t celebrate the holidays, it is treated as vacay long weekend off from work. They also do not know the uniforms of our military but know the uniforms of their favorite sports teams and delivery drivers. Somehow I don’t think the Russians have this problem. Sorry for the triggered rant, otherwise I agree w/you.
No. The Russians don’t have this problem at all.
We have similar holidays here on Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day, we make these efforts to honor and be honorable.
I am not sure how similar our holidays are. I’m not sure theirs is for big holiday blow-out sales.
Indeed we should. One has only to look at the sorry state of modern Germany, stripped of any real sense of patriotism or cultural respect by the victors of WWII, to witness a tangible example of why.
From the moment Z came on the scene, I’ve never liked him. At first I didn’t know why I felt this way but now it’s clear my senses were 100% correct. Thanks for the sunlight, Sundance
I don’t see President Trump falling for this scheme. If Ukraine attacks Russia on this day, Putin has promised to bomb Keiv. I see this as a FAFO moment. They may even pull a false flag attack from Russia on a NATO country to keep the USA involved, but is President Trump going to fall for it? I have my doubts.
Actually am getting the impression from recent avenues that Germany has been taking that dreams of renewal might be in effect. Refusing to honor those who once beat you doesn’t sound like a nation willing to live and let live. Metz appears to be dreaming of a remake of a time when German tanks rolled over just about everyone.
Honouring “those who once beat you” doesn’t sound like “live and let live.” More like an act of submission to a conquering imperial suzerain.
Try this song instead.
Der alte Dessauer
Gang discussing how much more easy it is to run a dictatorship when the population is made up of third world religious types, and how many more Ukrainians should be done away with before beginning population replacement.
Now Z, if you can just get your casualties up and birth rate down a bit more the replacement imports can begin. . .
I think Russia “could be a better allie “than Europe IS.
Perhaps Germans are done doing penance for the nazis, and see no need to celebrate another nation’s holiday commemorating Germany’s national defeat. Time to move on?
Indeed. This practice of holding the spectre of National Socialism perpetually over Germany’s head is merely another aspect of the post-WWII neo-liberal “rules-based order” that President Trump is presently working to dismantle.
Love the glee with which Democrat commies call out conservatives as Putin-loving Ivans whenever the topic of Ukraine corruption comes up.
If Germany, the EU and/or Ukraine do start something stupid I think they will deserve what they get. And I don’t think we should step in to bail them out.
Because when the war ends, Zelensky’s life likely ends.
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The former high-ranking French intelligence and security official Alain Juillet:
“Zelensky does not want to end the war. The soup is good. All his staff have made a fortune. At the highest level, money is flowing in streams.”
Juillet exaggerates what many French people think: Why do we keep sending billions, while we have to economize here and the war does not end?
thats what I got from translate.. there may be better translations available
Indeed a dangerous moment, especially with the current makeup of our Senate and their donors and the bureaucracies.
I served in Germany in the late 80s when the Wall was up and then down. Huge respect for Russia, from the ground level viewpoint.
World looks different at the Western end of Fulda.
I think Mr. Putin is far too cunning for that.
“Attack Kiev?” Why? 🤷
”snarky Zelenskyy” I have never trusted that little man.
On the influence of neo-Nazism in Ukraine
https://mronline.org/2023/01/04/on-the-influence-of-neo-nazism-in-ukraine/
Prevent Russian symbols from being displayed??
Problem solved
Its as simple as that!
It’s a pleasure to tell the EU and Ukraine this is not our war. Do all you can cause you’re on your own now, buddy.
Apparently the Russians already warned the Ukrainians.
I do agree, dangerous times.
“The Defense Ministry said if Ukraine attempts to disrupt Saturday’s celebrations, Russia will carry out a “massive missile strike on the center of Kyiv.” It warned the civilian population there and employees of foreign diplomatic missions of “the need to leave the city promptly.”
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-unilateral-truce-parade-9a686273da1f284230180a7819613719
It is now proven that the Kaiser helped fund the Bolsheviks, particularly Lenin, in the overthrow of Nicholas II. They were “allies” at that particular moment in time. The Germans wanted to destabilize Russia in order to enlarge their empire Eastward . We all know that the Red Army, thanks to Stalin, didn’t buckle to the political winds of communism. The Russian people will fight for “Mother Russia” under any political regime. How did that work out for the Notsees?
There is very little “trust” in history between these two countries. There is f&ckery afoot for sure.
Well, not exactly.
”In April 1917, Germany transported Vladimir Lenin and 31 other Russian revolutionaries from Switzerland to Russia via a “sealed” train through enemy territory. Germany hoped Lenin would destabilize Russia and pull it out of WWI. The train traveled through Germany to Sweden, ultimately allowing Lenin to reach Petrograd.” AI-W/P
Nicholas II was overthrown by the French and the English in February 1917.
lol. No
Yet yes !
Thank you for correcting BuckNutGuy’s misinformation.
It is a Dangerous Moment–for American Troops.
These Blood-Sucking Leeches would gladly conduct a False-Flag Attack on American Soldiers if they thought there was a nickel in it. Especially if it provoked and prolonged their genocidal Endless War.
The Nazi Dictator Zelensky has murdered, maimed and displaced millions of Ukrainians to keep his Blood Money paychecks rolling in. The sonofabitch also sent False-Flag ringers to the Capitol on J6 to frame us and overthrow the President. And it is my belief that he shot his arch-enemy Charlie Kirk to stop him from becoming president and shutting down his Criminal Disneyland.
My hope is Sec. Hegseth puts our soldiers on high alert.
And that the President threatens their very lives if they touch even one of our precious service-members.
I agree with you one hundred percent!
Guess Victory Day in 1945 was when the raping and pillaging of the German population commenced…
If you’re a Russki…that event was something to celebrate…
That’s why you don’t start them–like Germany seems so eager to do again.
Did you miss what the Nazi forces did to all the Slavic peoples on the way of invading the Soviet Union?
Raped and murdered women and butchered so many more Soviet citizens as Nazi doctrine held that Slavic peoples were less than human.
The Red Army got their revenge and paid it back in spades. This is the ugly side of history.
Right, because surely Communists would never lie about something like that.
Maybe we just join the Russians on this one and end it.
MAGA