Russian Defence Ministry published the following short by powerful warning to the USA and EU regarding any attempt to strike at the Victory parade in Moscow though the Ukraine proxy:
In accordance with the decision of Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, a ceasefire is declared on 8–9 May 2026 in honour of the celebration of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War.
We expect the Ukrainian side to follow this example.
At the same time, we have taken note of the statement made by the head of the Kiev regime in Yerevan at the European Political Community Summit, which contains threats to strike Moscow on 9 May.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will take all necessary measures to ensure the security of the festive events.
Should the Kiev regime attempt to carry out its criminal plans aimed at disrupting the celebration of the 81st anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will launch a retaliatory, massive missile strike on the centre of Kiev.
Despite the capabilities at its disposal, Russia has previously refrained from such actions for humanitarian reasons.
We warn the civilian population of Kiev and the staff of foreign diplomatic missions to leave the city in a timely manner.
This warning was followed by a statement from the Russian Foregin Ministry, voiced by Maria Zaharova on May 6, 2026:
💬 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation hereby announces that a Note Verbale has been sent to all diplomatic missions accredited to the Ministry, as well as to missions of international organisations. The note reads as follows:
“On May 4, 2026, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation released an official statement in response to threats by the Kiev regime to carry out a strike on Moscow during Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War which is a holiday that is sacred to all Russians. The Foreign Ministry urgently calls on the government of your country/the leadership of your organisation to treat this statement with the utmost seriousness and to ensure the timely evacuation from the city of Kiev of the personnel of diplomatic and other missions, as well as civilians, in view of the inevitable retaliatory strike by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on Kiev, including against decision-making centres, should the Kiev regime carry out its criminal terrorist plans during the Victory Day celebrations.”
Russian diplomatic missions abroad are also informing their host countries and international organisations of this.
Let us look back at how the events unfolded.
On May 4, during the European Political Community Summit in Yerevan, Kiev regime leader Zelensky went so far as to make aggressive and threatening statements about his intention to disrupt Moscow’s sacred Victory Day celebrations with terrorist attacks. He said this in the presence of representatives from a number of EU countries none of whom did anything to rein in the presumptuous Kiev regime leader.
On the same day, the Russian Defence Ministry issued a warning statement in response to Zelensky’s stated aggressive intentions. To reinforce my point, it was done in response to what Zelensky had said.
If EU countries believe they will be able to hush up those public threats and to sweep Zelensky’s aggressive statements under the carpet, they are gravely mistaken.
We are well aware of the collective Western minority’s attitude towards May 9. They are systematically destroying Soviet memorial legacy, exhuming the remains of Soviet soldiers, and rewriting and distorting history. As they continue to supply Ukraine with weapons, they are acting as accomplices in the criminal plans hatched by the Kiev regime.
However, the instinct for self-preservation should not fail them.
☝️ We are not acting from a position of aggression; we are acting from a position of an inevitable response to aggression.
This is how the statement issued by the Defence Ministry on May 4 and our subsequent steps should be interpreted. It must certainly not be hushed up. It must be taken very, very seriously.
Stanislav:
Fondest best wishes to you at the occasion of Victory Day!
Your posts this year have been repeatedly outstanding. And if you need an infusion of historical fact to expel all the Western revisionism, check out Frank Capra’s “Why We Fight” — the US War Department’s film series on World War 2. The “War at Russia” segments are FULL of glowing reviews by major Western figures of the Red Army’s indispensable accomplishments against the Nazi hordes.
Pobeda!
Greetings on the Victory Day, JMF! It’s good to hear from you!
It is hard to keep up with all of the history rewriting happening these days, which takes ever more audacious and impudent form. But that is the battle that must be fought lest all is lost…
Thank you for reminding about “The Battle of Russia” film – it is, indeed one of the very few truthful American films about Russian history! Here it is on Yt, and we should bring it to the attention of our Telegram readers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrKDBFJoo2w
On this note, an RT video on Rumble: How Western leaders are rewriting World War II history
Maria Zaharova wrote yesterday, with her customary sharp sarcastic tone:
Today, I watched with interest the latest pearls that the “collective West” spouted on the eve of Victory Day.
The General Secretariat of the Council of the EU, in its press release, issued a historical “base”, completely ignoring the Victory Day on its website on both May 8 and May 9:
“We Europeans will celebrate Europe Day. This year marks the 76th anniversary of the adoption of the Schuman Declaration, which laid the foundations for the European Union”, “marked the beginning of an unprecedented era of peace, democracy, prosperity, integration and cooperation across the continent”.
All that was missing was a passage about “a blooming garden and jungles”.
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas stated that Estonia does not celebrate Victory Day on May 9 because Stalin did not tell Estonians: “You are free, you can continue to live in freedom and independence”. For her country, after the war, “there began cruelty and suffering”. Stalin could not have expected such respect from the Estonian petty elite 80 years later: they were waiting for his orders, but he forgot about them.
As for how the Baltic republics “suffered” during the USSR era, how their population grew and their industry developed, it has already been explained with facts and figures. (https://t.me/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/11076) Given that the legionnaires of the SS, who fought against the Red Army, are recognised as heroes of Estonia, tomorrow will likely be a day of mourning for the official Tallinn. As the saying goes, stupidity could only be concealed by silence, but they didn’t know how.
Chancellor of Germany Merz surprised even his closest allies with a mysterious phrase on social media:
“May 8, 1945, brought liberation – for millions of people, for Germany, for Europe. It reminds us never to forget what hatred can lead to. It obliges us to stand up for a free, democratic and solidarity-based Germany in a strong Europe.”
Who liberated Germany from Nazism, he did not say. He probably forgot where it all started. But his own citizens reminded him. To the journalist’s question about who actually liberated Germany from Nazism, the Deputy Spokesperson of the German Government, Steffen Maier, first replied that “this is historically clearly documented”, and on the second question – he remained silent.
But the evening did not turn out to be boring, and at the end of the day, the jackpot of interpretations of May 8 and European victory was won by US President Donald Trump. He signed a proclamation on the occasion of the anniversary of the defeat of Hitler’s Germany, in which he clearly said, throwing his vassals to the ground, what May 8 is:
“We celebrate America’s grand victory over tyranny and evil in Europe, achieved through the strength of our armed forces and those of our allies”.
Since we proposed a unified approach to preserving historical memory, the West rejected it. To be honest, I’m pleased with the progress of their bipolarity – NATO allies did not let each other down. From all the above, only one thing follows. While debates are going on within the “collective West” about who did more to assert their own dominance over the rest of the world, Russia confidently enters Victory Day on May 9, proudly carrying the Victory Banner raised by the Red Army over the defeated Reichstag.
The Soviet soldier saved the world. This fact cannot be changed. “This eternal flame, to us alone bequeathed, we keep in our breasts”.
Victory Day on May 9 was and will be ours! Join us!!!
Hello, Stanislav.
Thanks very much for the additional info and links. I’ve seen some of this, particularly statements from Maria Zakharova — always a very impressive spokesperson.
Yesterday I read how she slammed back at Merz’s criticism of Fico’s Victory Day visit at Moscow: “There would be no Europe Day without the victory of the Soviet people. There would only be one vast concentration camp with gas chambers.” Bravo, Maria!!
I also read recently that Trump repeated on Europe Day the fallacious claim that “the US and Britain” had won the war. Nothing new there. {Sigh.}
When I initially viewed “Why We Fight”, I was disappointed that it didn’t cover the Red Army’s capture of Berlin. But upon closer examination, I saw that the film was released in 1943. So it was definitely faithful up to that point.
Keep up the good work. It’s absolutely superb lately.
Pobeda!