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Russia Invades Ukraine. Again

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Tuesday, May 12, 2026 1:13 AM

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Originally posted by THG:
]Second, I remember when anyone would post about Russia signym and kiki would respond in a flash. They were incapable of letting anything negative about Putin or Russia pass without a rebuttal. Now kiki is dead and signym is hiding, because the evidence over the years has been presented. Our comrade Russian friends were wrong about everything; everything. Russian interference not just in America but globally, and how Russia is a paper tiger; everything.
All we need to do is quote old posts and give updates with the current facts to show we were right.

Hey comrade; Russia is losing the war.



I've decided, THGR, that you and SECOND are hopelessly brainwashed and that no amount of information will penetrate.

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Tuesday, May 12, 2026 1:16 AM

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Tuesday, May 12, 2026 6:07 PM

Ukraine’s IMF lifeline depends on tax reforms parliament keeps stalling

A $614 million parcel tax that unlocks $8.1 billion in IMF funding is six weeks past its deadline.

By Peeter Helme | May 12, 2026

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/05/12/ukraine-imf-parcel-tax-wartime-
economy
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Tuesday, May 12, 2026 6:12 PM

Putin’s War Comes Home to Moscow

He can no longer hide the consequences from the Russian public.

By Anne Applebaum | May 11, 2026, 11:31 AM ET

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/russian-discontent-ukraine-w
ar/687131
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Four years ago, President Vladimir Putin offered Moscow and its business elite a de facto deal: Support my war in Ukraine, and in exchange you won’t have to think about it. In the past week, that deal was broken.

Not that Moscow was ever fully immune: As long ago as May 3, 2023, the first two Ukrainian drones to reach Moscow exploded over the Kremlin, doing no damage but revealing that the capital’s air defenses weren’t as stellar as advertised—and that the war wasn’t as far away as Muscovites assumed. Eventually, the Ukrainians shifted their efforts toward Moscow’s airports, using drones dozens of times to buzz the runways or circle the airports, deliberately creating travel chaos and expense.

Last week, the whining noise of unmanned flying objects could be heard in the city of Moscow once again. On the morning of May 7, the mayor of Moscow announced that the Russian air force had shot down hundreds of Ukrainian drones aimed at the city. Two days later, Moscow was due to host Russia’s annual May 9 military parade, a celebration linked very intimately with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, who had revived this Soviet-era celebration of Stalin’s victory over Nazi Germany and his conquest of Europe.

Suddenly, and very publicly, Russian officials appeared nervous, afraid that their parade would be spoiled. The Russian foreign minister issued a threat, promising “no mercy,” whatever that means, if Ukrainians struck the parade. The Kremlin’s spokesperson reassured Muscovites that security was tight because the “threat from the Kyiv regime” had already been taken into account. The Russian president even persuaded the American president to ask the Ukrainian president for a one-day cease-fire. Volodymyr Zelensky granted Putin’s wish, after Trump offered to broker an exchange of 1,000 prisoners of war. Zelensky then issued a magnanimous, droll decree, formally granting Putin permission to hold the parade.

The tone of Russia’s official communications has changed, and no wonder: Three years after the first drones exploded over the Kremlin, and more than four years into a conflict that was supposed to be nothing more than a brief “special military operation,” Muscovites have no choice but to think about the war. Alleged security measures—some think they are a form of censorship—had already rendered cellphone coverage in Moscow and across Russia unreliable, at times nonexistent. Although Russians had already lost access to most forms of Western social media, in April the state cut access even to the Russian-built app Telegram, as well as many VPNs. Without public internet, many physical systems, including ATMs, also stopped working. Ride apps don’t function either. These inconveniences come on top of high inflation and high interest rates that have weighed on even Russia’s wealthiest businesses and consumers for months.

The war, and the Kremlin’s anxiety about the war, is also finally now visible on the streets. Briefly, during the former Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin’s very short rebellion in 2023, Muscovites were told to stay home for fear of violence. For the past several days, they were once again put on high alert. According to a diplomat of my acquaintance, snipers were visible in and around Red Square, in advance of the parade, as well as soldiers with anti-drone weapons. Ordinary people were prevented from entering the city center. Photographs taken on the day of the parade show empty streets.

Russians watching the parade from farther away would also have noticed some differences. Fewer foreign leaders bothered to show up this year, and no tanks, missiles, or fighting vehicles were on display. The whole show was brief, lasting only 45 minutes. Putin looked gray, anxious. Solemn North Korean soldiers, marching alongside Russians, provided the only novelty. But their presen

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THG
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 6:46 PM

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
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Originally posted by THG:

]Second, I remember when anyone would post about Russia signym and kiki would respond in a flash. They were incapable of letting anything negative about Putin or Russia pass without a rebuttal. Now kiki is dead and signym is hiding, because the evidence over the years has been presented. Our comrade Russian friends were wrong about everything; everything. Russian interference not just in America but globally, and how Russia is a paper tiger; everything.
All we need to do is quote old posts and give updates with the current facts to show we were right.

Hey comrade; Russia is losing the war.



I've decided, THGR, that you and SECOND are hopelessly brainwashed and that no amount of information will penetrate.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger





Sure it will, not brainwashed. The problem is that you post Russian propaganda and not truths. Like how powerful Russia's navy was. How they controlled the Black Sea. How no navy in the world dared enter there with Russia's permission. How they are advancing in Ukraine and not how they hold less ground than then did after the first week of the war.

Question; do you think Kamala would have started the wars Trump has? Would you still vote for Trump? Please don't tell me you didn't vote for him both times. Do you think that Trump is better for the economy? Should he be president or impeached? Is he the most corrupt president in modern history?

We did this before. You can't name any topic that his polling numbers show a majority of the people like what he is doing.

Question; can you name anything he is doing you like comrade?

I've posted this in another thread, but I want you to see and respond to it.

You post in this and other threads extensive posts informing what Putin wants and how America is an aggressor, an antagonist. You conveniently forget, Russia has broken every agreement they’ve entered into. Ukraine and the Budapest Memorandum. Crimea, The Minsk Agreements, Chechnya: Peace Treaties, Georgia: Occupation After Agreements, Moldova: Though a ceasefire was reached, Russia never withdrew its troops, Russia’s Expanding Map of Aggression

Countries and territories where Russia have invaded or maintained hostile military presence since 1992 includes Ukraine (2014 Crimea, 2022 invasion) Georgia (Abkhazia & South Ossetia, 1992–2008–present) Moldova (Transnistria, 1992–present) Chechnya (1994–2009), Syria (2015–present), African nations (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger via Africa Corps).

I don’t defend or agree with everything America does. Especially now with Trump, I’m too busy pointing out that Russia’s agenda is your agenda. This thread is another good example of that. Instead of pointing out the United States helped Russia After the Soviet Union’s collapse, you blame America for all that ails Russia and post their agenda as though it isn’t complete bullshit. The Soviet Union collapsed from the inside. Countries wanted out.

The truth is, the United States played a major role in supporting Russia and the other new independent states to prevent chaos, reduce nuclear risks, and promote market reforms at great expense to America.

America provided diplomatic and political support, economic and technical assistance, scientific and technical exchanges, arms control and security cooperation, humanitarian and development aid. These efforts were aimed at stabilizing Russia, prevent nuclear proliferation, and lay the groundwork for a new U.S.–Russia relationship in the post-Cold War era.

Then came Putin, your hero, who wound up destroying Russia. Yet you still promote his agenda. You also supported Trump. Another strongman bent on destroying America and doing a good job of it. What is it with you and strongmen?


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Tuesday, May 12, 2026 11:41 PM


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Originally posted by THG:

Second, I remember when anyone would post about Russia signym and kiki would respond in a flash. They were incapable of letting anything negative about Putin or Russia pass without a rebuttal. Now kiki is dead



HAHAHAHA! Kiki is not dead.


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and signym is hiding,

Nope!

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because the evidence over the years has been presented. Our comrade Russian friends were wrong about everything; everything. Russian interference not just in America but globally, and how Russia is a paper tiger; everything.
All we need to do is quote old posts and give updates with the current facts to show we were right.


Wrong again.


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Hey comrade; Russia is losing the war.

More wrongness


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SIGNY:
I've decided, THGR, that you and SECOND are hopelessly brainwashed and that no amount of information will penetrate.

THGR:

Sure it will, not brainwashed. The problem is that you post Russian propaganda and not truths. Like how powerful Russia's navy was. How they controlled the Black Sea. How no navy in the world dared enter there with Russia's permission.


You keep posting that and yet have never been able to find my post like that.
Liar. Or stupid. Your choice.

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How they are advancing in Ukraine and not how they hold less ground than then did after the first week of the war.

Russia is winning the war. The first invasion was a bluff meant to scare Zelensky into negotiating, not take and hold territory. It worked until BoJo got involved.

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mQuestion; do you think Kamala would have started the wars Trump has?

IDK.
Trump didn't start the war in Iran, Israel did.
Kamala prolly would have tripled down in Ukraine.

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Would you still vote for Trump? Please don't tell me you didn't vote for him both times.
I didn't vote the 2nd time.

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Do you think that Trump is better for the economy?
Better than who?


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Should he be president or impeached?

I think he should be Section 25'd.

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Is he the most corrupt president in modern history?
IDK.

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We did this before. You can't name any topic that his polling numbers show a majority of the people like what he is doing.
People are happy that he stopped the tidal wave of illegal immigrants. And altho ppl may not understand or remember, bowing out of the "free trade" agreements is a good thing.

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Question; can you name anything he is doing you like comrade?

I just did.

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I've posted this in another thread, but I want you to see and respond to it.

Well. I wasted my time responding. Don't expect it too often.


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You post in this and other threads extensive posts informing what Putin wants and how America is an aggressor, an antagonist. You conveniently forget, Russia has broken every agreement they’ve entered into. Ukraine and the Budapest Memorandum

Wrong

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Crimea

What?

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The Minsk Agreements

Russia wasn't even a signatory, ya dope.

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Chechnya: Peace Treaties

What?

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Georgia: Occupation After Agreements
What?
Georgia attacked, not the other way around.

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Moldova: Though a ceasefire was reached, Russia never withdrew its troops

Ceasefire, not a treaty. Transnistrians want them there .
So much wrongness here.

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blah blah blah...

So, yanno, I have a metric crapton of things to do.
The End


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Wednesday, May 13, 2026 3:05 AM

May 12, 2026, at 7:26 AM

The Kremlin repeated Russian President Vladimir Putin's assertion that the war in Ukraine was almost over on Tuesday. [Not until every Russian and North Korean inside Ukraine is dead or imprisoned and every Russian refinery is a smoking ruin.]

"I think that the matter is coming to an end," Putin told reporters on Saturday of the war, now in its fifth year.

Asked to comment on Putin's remarks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said a certain amount of trilateral work with Ukraine and the United States had been done towards finding a peace deal.

"This accumulated groundwork in terms of the peace process allows us to say that the completion is indeed approaching," Peskov told reporters, though he added that it was difficult to provide specific details at the current time. . . .

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-05-12/kremlin-repeats-
putins-assertion-that-ukraine-war-is-nearly-over-after-zelenskiy-casts-doubt


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THG
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 3:45 AM

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

Quote:

Originally posted by THG:

Second, I remember when anyone would post about Russia signym and kiki would respond in a flash. They were incapable of letting anything negative about Putin or Russia pass without a rebuttal. Now kiki is dead



HAHAHAHA! Kiki is not dead.


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The Minsk Agreements

Russia wasn't even a signatory, ya dope.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger



In early 2022, amid rising tensions, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that the Minsk agreements "no longer existed," using this as a pretext for launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. This marked a significant escalation in the conflict and highlighted the agreements' failure to provide a sustainable framework for peace



kiki is dead.

T

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Wednesday, May 13, 2026 5:42 AM

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Originally posted by THG:
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

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Originally posted by THG:

Second, I remember when anyone would post about Russia signym and kiki would respond in a flash. They were incapable of letting anything negative about Putin or Russia pass without a rebuttal. Now kiki is dead



HAHAHAHA! Kiki is not dead.


Quote:

The Minsk Agreements

Russia wasn't even a signatory, ya dope.

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger



In early 2022, amid rising tensions, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that the Minsk agreements "no longer existed," using this as a pretext for launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. This marked a significant escalation in the conflict and highlighted the agreements' failure to provide a sustainable framework for peace



kiki is dead.

T




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Wednesday, May 13, 2026 8:18 AM

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Archived.

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6ix, planning on killing yourself? Is your archive the revenge? Want somebody to pay because you are dead? There will be no consequences when you're gone, but there will be when Putin croaks:

The Death of Putin

A Field Guide to the Day After In Russia

By Rick Wilson | May 09, 2026

https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/the-death-of-putin

Picture it. A crisp early summer Tuesday morning, Moscow time.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, Tsar of All the Russias, Conqueror of Crimea, Bare-Chested Equestrian of the Steppe, Owner of a Stolen Super Bowl Ring discovers the unique cardiovascular properties of the third-floor window plunge workout.

Or the tea tastes…off. You know…oolong with a note of polonium. Or some cousin or younger brother of a Wagner remnant takes his shot. Or by sheer dumb luck, a Ukrainian drone swarm finds Putin’s motorcade.

However it goes down, the small bald man is gone, and the world wakes up to a Russia-shaped hole in the geopolitical map. . . .

. . . Look at the May 9 parade. No tanks. No ICBMs. No mobile column. For the first time since 2008, Red Square’s cobblestones carried some iffy-looking infantry and prerecorded propaganda videos because the actual hardware is either on fire in Donetsk or rusting in Novorossiysk. The guest list was Lukashenko, the King of Malaysia, and the President of Laos, a tableau so threadbare that even Slovakia’s thirsty Robert Fico couldn’t bring himself to attend the parade itself.

Forty-five minutes, start to finish. They call it “scaled back.” It was a wake. . . .

Much more at https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/the-death-of-putin

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