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urgencynow 4 days ago +42

Dictators united. I'm suprised to not see any Malian or Burkinabese troops

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Ice_Milk 4 days ago +10

Don't worry, next parade they'll show up with Wagner's second-hand tanks to boost the numbers.

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g3etwqb-uh8yaw07k 2 days ago +1

Boost the numbers? What numbers? They didn't even bring tanks this year and their salute cannons misfired.

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31d4r- 4 days ago +2

Crossing swords

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Ichera 3 days ago +1

I do believe I saw Goita in the crowd at one point, but that wouldn't be to surprising.

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Shot-Toe-2884 4 days ago +108

Wow Russia is one pathetic loser!!

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VagrantShadow 4 days ago +18

It's funny, putin needs to be thankful toward Zelenskyy that he is giving him the opportunity to hold this weak ass parade. Zelenskyy won't be so merciful when the ceasefire ends.

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xSaRgED 4 days ago +7

Given how much ADA the Russians moved into the area, it would be *brilliant* if Ukrainian special forces were able to identify their new locations, and be prepared to hit them on their travel back to their original destinations.

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31d4r- 4 days ago +4

Once NK joined in it's much lamer than that. Maybe Iran can join in as well, oh wait, they are busy.

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Mailman7 4 days ago +14

I wonder why Ukraine would agree to a temporary ceasefire when they have an importunity to attack the Russian parade?

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wet_lettuce_ua 4 days ago +33

Because russians trade 1000 of our POWs for the agreement of not bombing their pathetic leader.

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MorbidArrow 3 days ago

Wouldn’t they save far more than 1000 lives by decapitating the head of the conflict?

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Khal_Doggo 3 days ago +3

It's not a video game. POW are human lives. If killing Putin was so easy someone would have already done it

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MorbidArrow 3 days ago

What do you mean someone would have done it before? Ukraine’s drone technology has improved drastically this year. They can strike very deep into Russian territory today. The only reasons they chose not to bomb the parade is because they can’t guarantee that Putin will be there and attacking a place with lots of civilians would look bad internationally. Also, we have precedence of decapitation strikes recently, Venezuela and Iran. President trump himself was almost killed a while back. Decapitation strikes aren’t easy but they aren’t impossible. The hard part is knowing where your target is, which is easier when they are attending a public event. If you kill the president, both sides would be getting their POWs back because the war would be over. Executing POWs for bombing a parade makes zero sense because they are far more valuable as trades for your own soldiers captured by Ukraine.

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Khal_Doggo 3 days ago +3

First of all I hate it when people discuss real wars and conflict in the kind of faux academic, removed tone that you are using. These are real people being injured, bleeding, exploding, dying. > What do you mean someone would have done it before? What I mean is that Putin isn't an idiot. He's survived assasination attempts and is extremely paranoid. The chance that he would just be out, visible and vulnerable long enough for a drone attack to get him, and for Ukraine to have that kind of precise information available and for them to deploy with that level of precision is, like I said, video game stuff - it's not real life. Putin's location at any single time is obscured and closely guarded. > Venezuela and Iran ... trump himself Each of these is a completely different kind of attack. The only thing that they have in common is that a military leader was the target. > If you kill the president, both sides would be getting their POWs back because the war would be over. This is such a naiive assumption that it doesn't even warrant discussion. > Executing POWs for bombing a parade makes zero sense because they are far more valuable as trades for your own soldiers captured by Ukraine And yet Russia has been proven to execute POWs Look, it's fine you're taking an interest in the war and that you are asking questions about possibilities but the two things I would suggest you think more about is: 1) these are real human lives and each one is important just like you and everyone you know and care about, and when you say things like "wouldn’t they save far more than 1000 lives doing X" it suggests you're thinking of this as just another trolley problem. Treating human beings like that is how you gets 1000s of people killed for no reason 2) wars are messy, you never have perfect information (especially when your enemy is currently the global leader in misinformation, counterintelligence and propaganda) and pulling off an elaborate multistep plan with very little planning time against an extremely paranoid and careful enemy is impossible unless you have superior information. If you flip it the other way around - Russia hasn't been able to get Zelensky despite having the advantage in numbers, infrastructure, intelligence etc etc. So when you suggest turning down a genuine positive opportunity to recover human lives that could otherwise be lost in order to execute some Call of Duty-ass plan - it's not serious. It's like you're discussing the plot of a show or a game and asking "why didn't they do X?" This is real war.

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MorbidArrow 3 days ago +1

Fist of all I appreciate you taking the time to write a long and thoughtful answer. If I sounded like I don’t care about the POWs it is not because I don’t think they have no value. I fully understand that they each have their own lives, families and friends. I understand that each loss would have massive impact on their families and communities. The reason why I sounded apathetic is because I was responding to a low effort comment with a matching one. They made it sound as if Ukraine let Putin live in exchange for 1000 POWs, which I though was ridiculous. I also responded to your comment defensively because you sounded very patronizing by insinuating that I was treating this horrible conflict like a video game. Now regarding your latest comment. I am fully aware that the likelihood of killing the head of Russia is extremely difficult, however the fact that Russia is willing to trade 1000 POWs for 1 day of ceasefire is a sign that Russia is treating this as a real risk factor. As far as I’m aware, they did not go to such a length for 2025’s event and I don’t think its because of Russia having no POWs to offer. Russia is not Iran, their military has a strict top down structure. The war is fueled by strictly the will of Putin himself. The Russia populace does not want this war, or at least they don’t want the consequences of this war. Their inflation levels are high and fatigue from the war is increasing day by day. The internet censorship is also quite unpopular. I don’t think its is naive to believe that the death of Putin would be the perfect excuse for Russia to end the war. I’m not aware of any Russian figure that would replace Putin and realistically continue the war. The execution of POW by Russia is not the norm, in April this year 200 POWs were traded at parity and that is not an oddity, we have records of POWs trading throughout the conflict. Lastly, I don’t think we should d******* Ukraine’s intelligence. As an example, Operation Spiderweb was a brilliant execution with a massive payout, it wouldn’t be fair to discredit Ukraine intelligence network. By contrast, I don’t think Russia has an advantage in intelligence. Ukraine gets information from NATO, Russia doesn’t have anything close to that. They’re intelligence network has failed from day one. The misjudged Ukraine’s ability at every step and suffered immense consequences. They expected Ukraine to fold, they expected nato to stay out, and they expected their refineries to be safe. All of which turned out false.

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Lorventus 3 days ago +1

The issue is that there would likely be enough lead time and Moscow would have enough Anti-air in place to if not stop then at least fracture a swarm attack. Putin would likely disappear into the city and not be caught by any drone. It makes sense. Besides if they got 1000 troops back, Ukraine can turn that into a big morale booster for their citizens. Anyway, core issue is that it's extremely low chance of doing it and high chance of just wasting resources when they can let their side rest, rearm, and get ready to drive the Russians into their killzones.

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MorbidArrow 3 days ago +1

I agree that drones wouldn’t be effective for this. What do you think about their odds using the newer missiles? They’ve made breakthroughs with those as well.

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Lorventus 3 days ago +1

Hypothetically they could, but it would be rough and costly for a likely underwhelming result. Ukraine has so far avoided the sort of terroristic attacks that Russia has engaged in, so it's unlikely they would fire into a civilian event, no matter how many soldiers could be taken out in doing so. I think we'll continue to see Ukraine performing their counter attrition strategies, until Russia either breaks, or they break. I think this year might be an important one for that, the released numbers are damned grim for Russia. I do not envy them their leader.

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Ok_Complex8873 4 days ago -13

You do know that russians will retaliate for this hummiliation. They perceive protection of human lives as weakness and they will exploit this in the future; in the end it will cost more.

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wet_lettuce_ua 4 days ago +3

So ukrainian POW’s life will become more valuable, and russians may commit less executions.

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wet_lettuce_ua 4 days ago +3

And so Russia violated the agreement. From now on, I guess, it’s obvious: — Trump-backed ceasefire agreements worth less than a paper they were written on. — There will be no agreements in future for russia, as it is incapable in being commited to any. The only way to bring russia to justice is a massive force.

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Ok_Complex8873 3 days ago +1

how did that work out for you? I was right with my prediction....

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wet_lettuce_ua 3 days ago +1

The next weeks will show.

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RealisticEntity 3 days ago +1

The Russians will attack Ukraine anyway - they are still in the middle of invading after all. There is no 'retaliation' for anything Ukraine does to Russia (except for perhaps blowing up the Kremlin) since Russia is already doing their best to attack Ukraine.

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woodpaulusgnome 4 days ago +11

The optics from Ukraine allowing Russia to celebrate the USSR victory over the Nazis is good PR.

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frozenpissglove 4 days ago +5

I struggle to understand this as well. I fail to understand why Ukraine gives them any concessions. A prime opportunity to punish them and show their public that things are going very poorly.

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RealMENwearPINK10 4 days ago +13

It's, amongst the other things discussed, to show that Ukraine is the one who's gunning for peace, and that it isn't Russia who is "getting unfairly attacked" Also, let's be real, Russia is definitely going to try to take advantage of this. If they do, that's free PR for Ukraine to show that they're not the aggressors and bomb Moscow. If they don't, that's reprieve from the fighting for their tired troops. It's a win win for Ukraine and a lose lose for Russia.

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Status_Bullfrog969 4 days ago +7

It’s not concessions, it was a trade for 1000 of their pows to be released.

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scumrat_muggins 4 days ago +3

Because Zelenskyy is dragging his balls across putin’s forehead with it. The optics are fucked for russia. They had to ask the country *they invaded* to not attack them during *their* parade

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AbilityEqual1891 4 days ago +3

Zelensky stated a decree on May 8th of the ceasefire. It's only around the area of Moscow Red Square starting from 10AM Kyiv time. He was very specific. So personally, I would expect just no boom on that area, but anywhere else is free game.

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GWB_online 4 days ago +4

From what I'm told, Ukraine needs its soldiers back. The trade for POW was worth it in the eyes of Ukraine leadership. They are struggling with man power at the moment.

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BestFriendWatermelon 4 days ago +15

Absolutely not. That's not why they want their POWs back. They want them back for humanitarian reasons... They're someone's husband or father, and they're tortured in Russian captivity. Under Ukrainian law, recovered POWs have the right to request honourable discharge from service. They usually require extensive rehabilitation so wouldn't be fit to fight anyway. The Ukrainian POWs will receive honourable discharge, medical screenings, psychological support and state compensation. Some choose to return to combat duty but it is voluntary. Meanwhile Russia sends its recovered POWs back into combat after 2-3 weeks of interrogation by the FSB. There have been cases of Russian soldiers being captured again only weeks after being exchanged the first time around.

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Werftflammen 3 days ago +1

The only viable military target would be Putin. And he won't be there.

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ShimmiShimmiYah 4 days ago +7

I think you meant to say that Ukraine graciously permitted russia to have their little parade.

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the_real_donald_dump 4 days ago +11

A sad, pathetic show

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IsItCakeOrWhat 4 days ago +3

We couldn't do those glorious (and mostly pointless) zerg rushes without you, boys!

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Illustrious_Donkey61 4 days ago +3

After the parade those nk troops are going straight to the front

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Suspicious_Place1270 3 days ago +2

i have a feeling that the heavy armor is going to ukraine at the moment and that's why they wanted 2 days off trouble to get it there ukraine should watch every russian step

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gao7on 4 days ago +4

North Koreans are dying for a fatty and a shorty holding millions hostage in internet blackout.

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chappandi_madarchod 4 days ago +3

Two dictators united in shame. Slava Ukraini

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drabred 4 days ago +2

These parades feel so low in 2026.

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Taddgoods 4 days ago +2

Dicts unite!

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Andovars_Ghost 4 days ago +2

I’ve seen more militarily impressive parades done by the local veterans groups.

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General-Piece8490 4 days ago +2

Funny if this had been Ukraine’s victory parade Russia would have bombed the hell out of them…

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encryptedkraken 4 days ago +2

Would never have agreeed to the ceasefire

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Extension_Design_699 2 days ago +2

500.000 empty coffins would be a better representation of the Russian army´s power.

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Lopsided_Jeweler4538 3 days ago +1

why did they agree to ceasefire

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mrflash818 3 days ago +1

It seems the article's pictures of their leader shows mortality is starting to have an effect? They didn't/don't look healthy, to me. But, sadly, might be wishful thinking, as the article had only two pix of them to look at, and neither zoomed-in.

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Ok-Doubt-6324 3 days ago +1

I doubt any single person living in North Korea has any kind of hatred or ill-will toward anybody in Ukraine. The Ukranian's never did anything to any of them. The North Korean leadership has thrown their lot in with a brutal dictator, who is also a kleptocrat, a thief to his own people. Putin, the so-called 5D chess-player -a so-called man of God - he's just another piece of human shit who was allowed too much power. And what did he try to do with that power? He tried to kill millions of innocent people. He's a literal skid-mark on the annals of history. I hope he meets the God he claims to believe in. He's created a monster. It's a monster that is going to destroy him. The fallout from his war with Ukraine is going to be felt for generations. The soldiers of Ukraine will be tomorrow's mafia for him. The Russian mafia will get thoroughly terminated. All Russian illegal activities will be targeted and replaced. The evil this man forced upon the Ukrainian people will be paid back in full. Kim Yong-Un fucked up when he picked his friends.

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brakiri 3 days ago +1

the DPRK-Russian alliance makes Russia stronger and not the other way around.

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Derrickful 2 days ago +1

If NK have suicide pills in case they're captured, why don't Russian soldiers have the same policy?

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brakiri 2 days ago +1

because they already hold russian citizenship.

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bappestinian 3 days ago +1

Third world solidarity.

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Icy_Common_6902 3 days ago +1

>North Korean troops join Putin’s scaled-back military parade as Ukraine agrees temporary ceasefire The participation of North Korean units in the parade to celebrate Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War was agreed upon long before the parade took place.

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Expensive-Fun-208 4 days ago

Man you really got to renaming your countries place in the world when you WILLINGLY have Nokos marching in your streets

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