Russian officials said Tuesday that Moscow intends to implement a three-day truce with Ukraine that starts at midnight on May 8 but vowed any Ukrainian attacks during that time will be met with a response.
The ceasefire will coincide with Russia’s celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory against Nazi Germany in World War II.
“There will be no hostilities. However, if there is no reciprocity from the Kiev regime and they continue to attack our positions or facilities, we will retaliate,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, according to Russia’s TASS news agency.
Over the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected the idea of a three-day truce, saying it would not help negotiations for a lasting peace, and backed a US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire.
“Let me remind you that on May 3, Zelensky publicly refused to support this initiative, trying to claim that the proposal was not serious,” said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
Zelensky has also advised world leaders to avoid Russia’s Victory Day parade, saying he couldn’t guarantee their safety, which Moscow has taken as a threat since Ukrainian intelligence has carried out multiple bombing attacks inside Russian territory.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who is planning to attend the parade, also took Zelensky’s comments as a threat. “I reject such threats for security reasons. I fully respect that the safety of participants is an internal matter of the Russian Federation. But if Mr. Zelensky believes that his statements will force foreign delegations not to come, then he is deeply mistaken,” he said.
Zelensky could’ve agreed just to show he’s not on the side of nazis.
But the "side of a nazis" is how he stays alive and even that's a tenuous proposition.
May three days of peace come to pass.
“Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.”
Proverbs 17:1
Calm before the storm. In three days, Russia begins to take all of Ukraine.
I dunno. There is at LEAST the prospect of the USA (read : Emperor Trump) pressuring Zelenskiyy into peace talks and an end to this war.
That is contingent on Trump remembering he promised to end it "Day One" (aka Jan 22 / 2025) and Trump focused on this topic in between his whimsical pursuits of a reopened Alcatraz, a steampunk Iran, changing US "Veteran's Day" to "WW1 Victory Day" (despite the last surviving US WW1 veteran dying in 2011), getting Yemen to keep "capitulating", and congratulating Canada's Prime Minister on a Russian hockey player who is not at all Canadian.
Additionally it has been noted, from Russian Federation skeptics all the way down to openly Russophobic pundits, that the RF has not at any point been poised to sweep Ukraine in a fell swoop, so I don't see what would change over the weekend.
There are no need to pressure Zelensky into peace talks. To stop financing Kiev regime would be enough. However Trump can't do it because of the "lobbies". When Kiev regime collapses, "lobbies" will hang the defeat on Trump's neck and drown him.
Trump : “Fake news, fake news. When I was on the campaign trail – a very successful campaign I’ll remind you, no President has ever received as many votes as I have, I even beat Ronald Reagan’s landslide record, he was an actor you remember, he’d love, just love, my 100% tariffs on foreign films. Yes, on the campaign trail I said if the Kiev regime collapses – and they call it Kyiyv or something now, there were too many vowels so they used “y” ‘s instead – on the campaign trail – you know, JD Vance was there, isn’t he great ? – I said ‘If the Kiev regime collapses, that’s Joe Biden’s fault, it’s Barack Obama’s fault’, the liberals NEVER let anyone win, not like me, I’m a winner, I invented the Gulf of America. Who’s hungry ?”
Just like America fighting a limited war Vietnam Russia is fighting a limited war in Ukraine. If Russia declared war and unleashed it’s full military Ukraine would be over sooner.
True. BUT the Russian Federation cannot (over)commit to Ukraine for fear of NATO seeing an opening to exploit in the Baltics or across the Arctic. The RF likely (and should) view(s) NATO as an offensive alliance devoted to the destruction of the Russian State.
Just like America could not use it’s full force in Vietnam. America had to keep troops ready elsewhere for a wider war. Russia has 800,000 troops ready just incase they are needed to repel a NATO attack.
The most formidable force of the current Kiev regime are the ideological followers of XX century Nazis. Many of them are direct descendants of those who in 1941 met German army with flowers and then actively participated in the worst atrocities of WW II. Of course they will try to sabotage Victory Day parade in Moscow and no doubt NATO specialists help them.
Expect Oreshnik response…!
Good for Russia! Start but do not stop! We will stand with you!….
A sure sign of Zelenskiyy's idiocy (or mania) are his maximalist positions. He seems compelled to "skip steps" in pursuit of his fantasies : making absurd preconditions for peace and negotiations before negotiations even begin; setting "war goals" well beyond the smaller, more reasonable objectives of holding extant territory; "island-hopping" lost Ukrainian territory for a failed gambit in Kursk; now, demanding a 30-day truce while rejecting a 3-day truce that could & would build confidence and trust.
Happy Victory Day 9 May 2025.
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I am afraid we are missing the substance for the noise.
In a really stunning turn of events, it sppears that Zelenski is far from delusional — he is in driver seat. The deal he signed with Trump is Zelenski win. He is really not committing to anything — but in the name of future -/ not at sll assured profits from rare earth Trump committed to arm Ukraine. Not only that there is no repayment to US for already given cash and arms — but Trump committed US to advancing weapins against future profits. Pointing out that there is no official committment to security — is just empty rhetoric.
Notice that in no discussion on peace — there is not one word abiut Ukrainian concessions. US floated idea of recognizing Crimea which was rebufed immediately. For a party that is loosing the war — Ukraine is acting like they hold all the cards.
And perhaps they do. Information “leaked” from officials in Trump’s former administrations. The concept is “sequencing wars”. Trump’s deal with Russia will be hollow gesture , and some form of “ceasefire” along some agreed upon lines — will be declared a victory — with no intentiknvto adress root causes or any key Russiams concerns. This was to be put off for future “oeace talks”.
In short, US beocins in both party are in agreement with British-led European plan of continued weakening of Russia. This nay take a form of providing Zelenski with armaments, or even pushing other unsuspecting Slavic neighbors into joining Ukraine into attacking Russia. Candidates sre Poland and Bulgaria.
Bulgarian representative in EU just made a soeach to that effect— no cannon fodder for Europe. If Europe wants to repeat British-French Crimean wsrs or Napoleon adventures or Hitler’s gamble — please do, without us.
Trump’s insistence Europe pays 5% of GDP into defense budget is to be able to sell Europe armsment needed to go after Russia.
In fact, the funds are needed so thst US armaments industry can ramp up the production.
US needs to focus on other arenas.
And whle China is being the theoretical target — target is and will be Iran. Nothing to do with nuclear weapons snd everything to do with Iran’s strategic position, Russia and China deals wuth Iran. It is about North South corridor thst would lunknall landocjed nations of Asia to open sea port in Iranian Indian ocean. This is also route tlfor Russia bypasding both Bidporus and Baltic Sea and a wat for China to bypass Malaaca Straits. Much of the infrastructure is slready in place. This linkscwith snother transcontinental planned infrastructure — Africa from Indian ocean ports of East Africa, disgonally to Atlantic Ocean ports of Africa — such as Mautitania. Many land locked African countries are eager to have access to both oceans. Series of rail and road olans are in place, many bridges and trade centers, land ports aling the way.
Simbolic in all thiis are new BRICKS members Egypt and Ethiopia, and new BRIKS partner Nigeria. But the newly liberated lands from French colonialism, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger.
The new ruker of Burkina Faso will be in Moscow on May 9th.
Additionslly, communication cables are planned for Indian ocesn to avoid the entire Arabian region to have options to American cable.
Iran will be a test of Russian and Chinese reaction to US interference in their plsns to bypass all Sea controls currently in place that can be weaponzex like anything else.
Zelebski is not captive to Nazi thugsX. They are nerely tbere for aplearance sake. He has. Power behind him and this naneuver with Trumo just deminstrated it.
Putin is lying, as usual. General Ben Hodges: The parade is absolutely a valid target. If I were Zelensky, I'd hit it with drones by the hundreds.