seeing zelensky and his lapdogs, and the nazi-sympathisants macron, starmer, merz and now tusk openly BEGGING for a ceasefire is hillarious.

Posted by: Justpassinby | May 11 2025 12:10 utc | 3

How anyone could think attempting peace is in any way weak or throwing the smo, is quite frankly an anti human stance. Well played clowns.

Posted by: Tannenhouser | May 11 2025 12:15 utc | 5

Macron and Merz are doing cocaine on the train in Kyiv? Or what is Macron hiding in his bag? If so, then it’s clear why they are such idiots.
https://t.me/RVvoenkor/91528

Posted by: Psycho | May 11 2025 12:30 utc | 7

The Russians asking the Ukranians to negotiate directly is a poison pill for the Ukranians and all the players involved know it.
Were Zelensky to agree to it , it would destabalize his hold on power, good move by the Russians.

Posted by: silverfoxes | May 11 2025 12:37 utc | 9

Flying Dutchman@8…..I second all you wrote. Russia will never have peace without Britkrainian surrender or complete capitulation with Russians standing at the Polish/Romanian/Baltic borders…..
Cheers M

Posted by: sean the leprechaun | May 11 2025 12:41 utc | 11

Kellog is very angry on twitter and talks to another clown:
“Even the Prime Minister of New Zealand understands this. As President Trump has said many times, stop killing!! First an unconditional 30-day ceasefire, and during that time move to comprehensive peace talks. Not the other way around”

Posted by: rk | May 11 2025 12:59 utc | 13

GOOD MOVE, MR PUTIN.
The ball now back in the wests court!

Posted by: HERMIUS | May 11 2025 13:06 utc | 15

Who can explain this?
https://t.me/RVvoenkor/91528?single

Posted by: steve | May 11 2025 13:16 utc | 17

I passed along the coke info to Drudge and a certain ‘godly’ website

Posted by: Eighthman | May 11 2025 13:29 utc | 19

Another country with ties to Nazism get tough on its citizens.
“Latvian police detained eight people and opened 67 administrative cases during May 9 events marking the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, according to local media. The authorities have cited the use of banned Soviet symbols, Russian wartime songs, and flower tributes in the colors of the Russian flag.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | May 11 2025 13:43 utc | 21

Since the failure of the first Istanbul negotiations, Russia has consistently said that it will not agree to a ceasefire for the purpose of more negotiations. That’s exactly what Kiev and Europe were demanding. So Putin’s press conference was publicly saying no and also forcing Kiev to negotiate on Moscow’s terms if it wants those negotiations.
Note that Moscow is saying it’s willing to negotiate an end to the conflict based on root causes, not “come to Istanbul and we’ll work out the details of a ceasefire”. But of course Kiev can’t legally negotiate with Russia directly and politically Zelensky can’t afford any agreement with Putin. If this were a game of chess, the May 9 “ceasefire” was Putin calling check. Zelensky and sponsors then made a move that got them out of check for a move and this is Putin calling “check” again.
The more interesting question is why, all of a sudden, Kiev and the Euros are bleating for a 30-day ceasefire? Maybe it’s because they think they can take advantage of Trump and/or Putin. But it also may be a recognition that things are dire and the prognosis is just as dire.

Posted by: Lex | May 11 2025 13:54 utc | 23

@Psycho | May 11 2025 12:30 utc | 7

Macron and Merz are doing cocaine on the train in Kyiv? Or what is Macron hiding in his bag? If so, then it’s clear why they are such idiots.
https://t.me/RVvoenkor/91528

Yes! I think that is pretty much confirmed!

Posted by: Norwegian | May 11 2025 13:59 utc | 25

So many people are upset at a _possibility_ of diplomacy. It says more about them than about Russian government

Posted by: boneless | May 11 2025 14:14 utc | 27

From Frank Zappa to Messrs. Macron, Menz & Starmer:

I don’t wanna know ’bout the things that you pull
Outta your nose or where they goes
But if you are wasted from the stuff you’re stickin’ in it
I get madder every day
‘Cause what you do and what you say affects my life in such a way
I learn to hate it every minute…
Cocaine decisions
We must watch the stuff you make
You have let us eat the cake
While your accountants tell you, “Yes, yes, yes”
You make expensive ugliness, how do you do it? Let me guess
Cocaine decisions
Cocaine decisions
Cocaine decisions

That explains a lot.

Posted by: Aleph_Null | May 11 2025 14:18 utc | 29

🇺🇸🇹🇷 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Turkey from May 14 to 16, the State Department has confirmed.
Rubio will attend an informal NATO ministerial meeting, where one of the key topics will be the conflict in Ukraine.
The visit coincides with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal for Kiev to resume negotiations in Istanbul on May 15.

-DDGeopolitics

Posted by: Justpassinby | May 11 2025 14:26 utc | 31

Some see this as being about Ukraine or Zelensky. It is really about the global order.
The collapse of Ukraine is tied closely to the collapse of France, Germany, the UK, and America.
A paradigm shift for billions that will reverberate through history.
NATO (including Trump) are playing Checkers. The Resistance is playing Wei Chi, better known as “Go”.
Multi-dimensional and asymmetric.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 11 2025 14:33 utc | 33

18 – The small bag of something was a totally harmless substance – his own semen.

Posted by: Waldorf | May 11 2025 14:34 utc | 35

VVP’s counterproposal for talks in Istanbul turns Gen Kellogg’s ceasefire plan inside-out, flipping the sequence so that talks *precede* any potential ceasefire, a ceasefire which may or may not happen depending on the outcome of the talks.
For many months now Kellogg and Zelensky have insisted on a 30-day ceasefire *before* direct talks or bilateral negotiations can begin, but neither Kellogg nor Zelensky have explained why exactly this peculiar arrangement is necessary. There’s no Secret Sauce in the sequence they prefer.
But they prefer it because the UK and France have plotted for many months to rush Reassurance Forces into various Ukrainian stress points—-Odessa. Dnepropetrovsk, Krivoy Rog—-in order to serve as tripwire troops for a wider war. A wider war would mean the U.S. would be called upon to provide a backstop. Such a thing poses its own kind of trap.
Insisting on a ceasefire *first* seems only to serve the U.S.-led West’s aims, therefore.
The tough thing, of course, is that Zelensky will have to unwind the legislation from October 2022, forbidding direct talks between Ukrainian officials w/ Russian officials.
Project Ukraine is looking thoroughly Minsky.
Meanwhile, Military Summary is surmising that Russia will reach for the Oreshniks if Zelensky and the Coalition supporting him sabotage the efforts to sit down in Istanbul or reject the proposal to do so outright. Sounds like something massive is in the making.

Posted by: steel_porcupine | May 11 2025 14:44 utc | 37

Another camera angle of the Cocaine revelation

😄Footage featuring Macron, Merz, Starmer, and mysterious objects on the table was aired on French channel La Chaîne Info.
What do you think the French President and the newly appointed German Chancellor were hiding?

https://t.me/ukraine_watch/40904

Posted by: Norwegian | May 11 2025 14:50 utc | 39

@steel_porcupine | May 11 2025 14:20 utc | 36
Agree. Worth noting that Xi also emphasised “root causes” while in Moscow.
As Karaganov put it in his BBC interview – best outcome for RF is “total capitulation” ….
Former Kremlin advisor [Karaganov] says ‘best possible outcome is Ukraine’s total capitulation’ | BBC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAaSaqZCBg8 [ 7 mins

Posted by: Don Firineach | May 11 2025 14:55 utc | 41

@ hopehely | May 11 2025 14:51 utc | 47
It’s not difficult to speculate that the competency-incarnate trio over there forgot to hide the mystery powder before inviting anyone in.
It’s entertaining because it doesn’t have to be true, just like those “leaders'” approach to politics.

Posted by: boneless | May 11 2025 15:03 utc | 43

The U.S. perfectly understands the “root causes.” But rejects them. To accept the “root causes” would be anathema—and knee-capping for NATO—a strict no-no whether DJT is @ 1600 Pennsylvania Ave or Joe is.
VVP is right to play the long-game, parrying the efforts of the UK, France, et al to box Russia in. Fileting them w/ his counter-moves, VVP is demonstrating how thoroughly Russia slices & dices through the insensate marrow of Project Ukraine, whether on the LOC or diplomatically.
Posted by: steel_porcupine | May 11 2025 14:20 utc | 36
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The tough thing, of course, is that Zelensky will have to unwind the legislation from October 2022, forbidding direct talks between Ukrainian officials w/ Russian officials.
Project Ukraine is looking thoroughly Minsky.
Meanwhile, Military Summary is surmising that Russia will reach for the Oreshniks if Zelensky and the Coalition supporting him sabotage the efforts to sit down in Istanbul or reject the proposal to do so outright. Sounds like something massive is in the making.
Posted by: steel_porcupine | May 11 2025 14:44 utc | 44
———————————————————-
Agreed. But, I am expecting nothing dramatic. The grind will continue while VVP handles the West in the fashion to which he is accustomed. Oreshniks are no good for soft targets.

Posted by: Acco Hengst | May 11 2025 15:07 utc | 45

47 – Yes, I agree.
I wonder what would have happened if the Russians had Oreshniked the gathering?

Posted by: Waldorf | May 11 2025 15:22 utc | 47

I agree with anyone who says they Russia should be making threats in the same way the Waste are, if the Ukros fail to sit down with them in Istanbul

Posted by: Night Tripper | May 11 2025 15:29 utc | 49

Steady progress since the restart, pretty much on the Dnipropetrovsk borders – but Chasov Yar still a thorn.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/10/leaders-britain-france-germany-poland-arrive-kyiv-ukraine
In an early sign that Russia may not be receptive to the latest ultimatum, the hawkish former president, Dmitry Medvedev, wrote on X:
“Macron, Merz, Starmer, and Tusk were supposed to discuss peace in Kyiv. Instead, they are blurting out threats against Russia … You think that’s smart, eh? Shove these peace plans up your pangender arses.”

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | May 11 2025 15:31 utc | 51

silverfoxes@55…..I suspect Russians don’t like dying anymore than anyone else, I suspect the need for negotiation…..I also suspect Russia has neither the means nor ability to end the SMO quickly (why waste lives of your people?) outside a harvest of Hazelnut nukes. Not likely. Contaminate all those beautiful rare erfs that now belong to the new Big Guy…..nah, partners don’t do that…..

Posted by: sean the leprechaun | May 11 2025 15:46 utc | 53

@ Eighthman | May 11 2025 15:39 utc | 52

Russian foreign ministry has now referred to a “cocaine coalition”

I found nothing of the sort. Neither is it their style, more of Zakharova or Medvedev language. Would’ve also been funny though.

Posted by: boneless | May 11 2025 15:53 utc | 55

Oh there we go, thanks. Not an official statement, but Zakharova’s still on the ball, as expected.

Posted by: boneless | May 11 2025 15:57 utc | 57

These wars against Russia, China, Iran, Palestine, Yemen, Syria and other countries is just as important to win against the Western Cartels as W W II were – maybe more since the US and E U are stalling into a tail spin heading to the ground. The 21st Century is on the line and there are many smaller countries that are most likely on The Eastern side of things, especially those that have been sanctioned and there are many. The War against Russia is as serious as it was 80+ years ago. Much of Humanity is on the line here and how people in the WEst can sit back and watch their countries implode is unbelievable – but not for the Russians, they are used to this and will prevail – Again.

Posted by: GMC | May 11 2025 16:00 utc | 59

Johan Kaspar @ 6
Putin’s idea to have peace talks with ukrops in Istambul is really good… because it has got Trump and Endorgan on Russia’s side and left the euro liberals + ukrops isolated and stupid.
rk @ 13 President Trump has said many times, stop killing!! <=Yeah.. so Republicofscotland at 20 posted ""The US has approved the transfer of 100 Patriot air-defense missiles and 125 long-range artillery rockets from German stockpiles to Ukraine, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing a congressional official. Under US export rules, American-made systems cannot be re-exported without prior approval from Washington. " then provide assurances these contents and images in the following links about the MSM war machine being in touch with nature is(are) not deceptive, that these images and contents are accurate as depicted, thanks Kadath @ 10, https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news-selections/world-news/macron-starmer-merz-and-a-bag-of-cocaine/ ____ and steve at 17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggIWA2dmG9g/
https://t.me/RVvoenkor/91528?single
and Norwegian @ 55 https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/147610
Posted by: Norwegian | May 11 2025 14:17 utc | 33
So Macron, Starmer and Merz should all be arrested for suspected possession and use of illegal drugs, right? <=If U arrest the MSM war machine who would give Ukraine its money and weapons and who would help Sleezy to scam the USA?
I agree with leprechaun @ 11 and Flying Dutchman@8….the macron-starmer-merz MSM war machine <= has Russia trapped in a forever war.. unless Russia takes control of all of Ukraine (by war or negotiation) Russia will never again see peace.. I agree with Julian @ 27 Russia playing with Ukraine is mysterious? Aleph_Null | May 11 2025 14:18 utc | 35 Cocaine decisions ...explains a lot. <=The MSM war machine.. will likely be after that reporter who exposed them if the above links exposing cocaine behaviors proves true. I have my doubts? but a blood test would tell.

Posted by: snake | May 11 2025 16:07 utc | 61

Is he desperate to please the West or is this another cunning 5-D chess move?
Posted by: guest from franconia | May 11 2025 15:47 utc | 54
The only side that is “begging” or “desperate” is the West. From well before the SMO Russia’s always stated a willingness to engage in (gasp!) DIPLOMACY and that’s never changed. Those leaders attending the Victory Day celebrations were demonstrating that they are the only adults in the room.
Furthermore, diplomacy involves a frank discussion of issues and does not in the least imply weakness. It’s simply a means of laying out the terms for which the conflict could be resolved, and it just so happens those same terms haven’t lessened at all, in fact they’ve actually grown. Russia’s repeatedly stated that the original Istanbul agreement is insufficient hence the term “Istanbul+”.
Russia continues to do exactly what it wants to do — attrit AFU & NATO while minimizing RF & civilian losses, and that includes Ukrainian civilians. They’ll continue to do so until their goals are achieved and nothing the West can do will stop them.
Any arguments that Putin is begging, desperate or weak are incredibly shallow. In fact, it’s pure projection, because it’s the West that routinely exhibits those behaviors.

Posted by: TJandTheBear | May 11 2025 16:18 utc | 63

Putin calling for the Instanbul talks is an attempt to shape the narrative on the Russia side as there are reports Ukraine may be about to call a unilateral 30 day ceasurefire which Russia will presumably not honor. Further sanctions will be applied but nobody expects them to solve anything.
The vector of attack for the west especially now with Trump onboard is to keep the Ukraine war going and cause as many Russian casualties as possible in the hopes the Russian military will split with Putin.

Posted by: silverfoxes | May 11 2025 16:25 utc | 65

Posted by: Norwegian | May 11 2025 13:59 utc | 25
As guilty as puppies sitting next to a pile of poo.
Macron is particularly inept at hiding his baggie.
Losers.

Posted by: ChatNPC | May 11 2025 16:30 utc | 67

Putin calling for the Instanbul talks is an attempt to shape the narrative on the Russia side as there are reports Ukraine may be about to call a unilateral 30 day ceasurefire
Posted by: silverfoxes | May 11 2025 16:25 utc | 65
Really? And why don’t Ukros just do it then? What’s stopping them?

Posted by: rk | May 11 2025 16:36 utc | 69

Once again Trump is desperate the Russians laid the trap well, now Zelensky is cornered and has to at least have negotiations, the Russians know Zelensky can’t agree to anything at the end of the day.
Trump attempting to play a neutral party in this by criticizing both is laughable while lumping himself in with the Europeans, the war will continue.

Posted by: Silverfoxes | May 11 2025 16:40 utc | 71

Posted by: Flying Dutchman | May 11 2025 12:35 utc | 8
How is that you are so stupid as to think that the Russian are as stupid as you?

Posted by: Naive | May 11 2025 16:43 utc | 73

Even the cocaine story is just one more win for the Russians with respect to the Ukraine story, western leadership is completely corrupt(including Trump) and drug dependent and in no way represents its body politic.

Posted by: silverfoxes | May 11 2025 16:48 utc | 75

@silverfoxes | May 11 2025 16:48 utc | 75

Even the cocaine story is just one more win for the Russians with respect to the Ukraine story, western leadership is completely corrupt(including Trump) and drug dependent and in no way represents its body politic.

Now it becomes clear why the world is as insane as it is. Why are there negotiation demands that don’t make any sense? And so on.
People that have something serious to hide are uber controllable.

Posted by: Norwegian | May 11 2025 16:52 utc | 77

and children returned to their families”
Posted by: rk | May 11 2025 16:46 utc | 74
OMG, he’s already bought into the AFU propaganda. So much for the new pope.

Posted by: TJandTheBear | May 11 2025 16:56 utc | 79

From DD Geopolitics:
„US Special Envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg says a ceasefire must be reached before talks on Ukraine can begin:
“First an unconditional ceasefire for 30 days, and during it a transition to comprehensive peace negotiations. And not the other way around.““
and
„Trump says Zelensky needs to agree to Putin’s proposal and start talks.“
If both statements are true then I ask myself do this guys even talk with each other??

Posted by: NoName | May 11 2025 16:58 utc | 81

Even though the media hates Trump as much as the EU does, they still cover for him in this proxy war.
Trump wants peace? Easy solution-just stop US weapons, ISR, and targeting.
“Ukraine” broke the latest ceasefire with HIMARS strikes. The US is directly involved in those strikes, as we all know, and the NY Times confirmed, in an article which was promptly dropped down the Memory Hole.
The media will not again print that the US is involved, now that the Times article has been dropped. It is up to the general public to consistently point out that Trump’s calls for peace are hypocritical because this is a US proxy war, using Ukrainian bodies as fodder, and peace could come immediately if Trump stopped US participation.
It should be like a call-and-response for us. The call “Trump wants peace” should be responded to by “Then stop making war”.

Posted by: wagelaborer | May 11 2025 17:05 utc | 83

OMG, he’s already bought into the AFU propaganda. So much for the new pope.
Posted by: TJandTheBear | May 11 2025 16:56 utc | 79
##########
Propaganda works. No one who doesn’t believe propaganda is ever going to become Pope. That is partially why I don’t get all of the “New Pope” stuff in the alt-commentariat. Sure, I am not a Catholic but the ability of smart people to only see a portion of the picture never ceases to astound me.
The same for most global leaders. People think Orban is ok, but Orban is a committed Zionist who was behind the “Pager” atrocity committed against Hezbollah. The Ayatollah may be ok because he is constrained by not being a Head of State outside of Iran.
The masses need to stop seeing leaders as morally superior or enlightened. If I were going to corrupt a system strategically, I would corrupt the people everyone looks to for guidance, like the Pope, the President, etc.
The ones at the top are amplifiers of any narrative. Force multipliers.
And then there is the human habit of hero worship, whether an actor, musician, or politician. All are strong vectors for narrative transmission.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 11 2025 17:12 utc | 85

OMG, he’s already bought into the AFU propaganda. So much for the new pope.
Posted by: TJandTheBear | May 11 2025 16:56 utc | 79
That’s why I posted it, copy/paste from Nato MSM. The part where he “beloved” Ukros I believe, he’s sin-cere

Posted by: rk | May 11 2025 17:12 utc | 87

People like Berletic don’t and simply accept it’s part of the strategy.
Posted by: silverfoxes | May 11 2025 17:12 utc | 86
His unrelenting cynicism is certainly warranted, although I still see distinct policy differences post-Biden. Whether those differences persist, well…

Posted by: TJandTheBear | May 11 2025 17:24 utc | 89

leprechaun @ 11
Flying Dutchman@8
Posted by: snake | May 11 2025 16:07 utc | 61
RE: Russia will never again see peace
<< Russia was not in a state of peace *before* Euromaidan in 2014 or *before* the Orange Revolution in 2004 or *before* 1997, which is when Clinton's color revolution guy, Strobe Talbot, began mentoring young Mrs. Nuland into the regime-change craft, by directing her attention to Ukraine. Russia was *not* in a state of peace when Yeltsin began contending w/ Chechen separatists, backed by 'Western partners,' in the late 1990s. He handed over the reins of the Russian Federation to young VVP, who managed the Chechen situation ultimately. Russia was *not* in a state of peace in August 2008 when Saakashvili, backed by 'Western partners' launched the Russo-Georgian War. Although a hot war has not always been a full-on reality between the U.S.-led West and Russia, a state of war has de facto governed the landscape practically as far as the eye can see as one gazes down the hallowed halls of history. It is therefore not the case that "Russia will never again see peace," because the fact is that a state of peace did not a-priori exist.

Posted by: steel_porcupine | May 11 2025 17:32 utc | 91

It is therefore not the case that “Russia will never again see peace,” because the fact is that a state of peace did not a-priori exist.
Posted by: steel_porcupine | May 11 2025 17:32 utc | 91
100%.

Posted by: TJandTheBear | May 11 2025 17:41 utc | 93

And this:
Alex Christoforou @AXChristoforou · 10h
Putin is 10 steps ahead of the 4 Plus 1. Now we know why Russia went along with Trump’s 30 day energy ceaseefire, why Russia held a one day Easter ceasefire, and why the 3 day Victory Day ceasefire was called. Putin was building his case, knowing the west and its proxy would never honor a ceasefire…one day, three days or thirty days.

Posted by: TJandTheBear | May 11 2025 17:48 utc | 95

Posted by: LoveDonbass | May 11 2025 17:12 utc | 85
RE: the Pope, the Catholic Church and corruption
<< The history of the papacy is rich & thick w/ corruption. No seat of power as dominant as the Catholic Church through the Middle Ages & Renaissance could ever have been untouched by the filth of human hands. Holiness & religiosity have the capacity to gather power--and neither holiness nor religiosity are exempt from sordidity & corruption. Case in point: the split within the Catholic Church from 1378 to 1417, in which bishops in Rome and Avignon both claimed to be the pope, joined by a third line of Pisan popes in 1409 is indicative of the factional powerplays endemic to the papacy. I mean, Rome, Avignon and Pisa were competing to represent St. Peter on earth-?! The papacy is not in overt turbulence today, and its power is much diminished additionally. If people can't even get their facts straight on WWII, they are never going to recall how sordidly Rome played the Euro political game in the Middle Ages. Maybe corrupted biased fallacious rhetoric is the most Leo XIV can muster-? Stalin: how many Divisions does the Pope have-?

Posted by: steel_porcupine | May 11 2025 17:50 utc | 97

From X yesterday:
@TJandTheBear | May 11 2025 17:44 utc | 94
That is old. Later the actor said he’s going to be in Turkey waiting for Putin

Posted by: rk | May 11 2025 17:55 utc | 99