Russia warns diplomatic missions to evacuate Kyiv staff if Moscow launches mass strike

It's all a "joke" like russia constantly moving their goal posts

I suppose if they are still so stubborn in wanting the entire country and not just the Donetsk region they are gonna want the capital intact

Spending missiles on a symbolic hit on a well protected target is good. Better than if those missiles are launched at Dnipro, and those missiles are getting launched anyway

Grift.

Because despite what CNN may tell you, Russia tries to not attack civilians deliberately, as it is bad PR. They try to hit infrastructure. But if Zelenskyy decides to strike the Victory Day parade, then Putin would have to respond massively, otherwise he looks very weak. Even if that means striking Kiev indiscriminately.

IMO in best case the parade is held, but Putin chickens out of showing up

I'm hoping they are baiting Russia to over commit to Moscow defence and they hit them everywhere else tbh.

Considering how scared the red pilled Russian Taliban is, better tell them it's raining LGBTQ+

Hack the jumbo screens and play YMCA on repeat.

D**** carpet bombing

America rained pamphlets on Tokyo after they bombed Nagasaki, just to show that Tokyo was not beyond their reach.

Just an admission that they have run out of precision munitions 

Nah. It's just another nuclear threat. Must be thursday.

I get that confusion by they are warning the diplomats of other countries to evacuate kyiv

There are no Russian diplomats in Kyiv. Russia is warning the diplomatic staff of other countries that may be in Kyiv.

This idea is even better than the paintballs one.

Not seeing a paywall here. May 6 (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that it had warned diplomatic missions to evacuate staff promptly ​from Kyiv in the event of a mass strike ‌by Moscow in response to any attempt by Ukraine to disrupt Russia's May 9 Victory Day commemorations. Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, in a video ​posted on Telegram, urged diplomats to heed a warning ​of a strike issued on Monday by the Defence ⁠Ministry in the event of any Ukrainian attack connected ​to commemorations and a military parade in Red Square. "The Russian ​Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly urges the authorities of your country...to treat this statement with the utmost responsibility and ensure the timely evacuation ​from the city of Kyiv of the personnel of diplomatic ​and other representations in connection with the inevitability of a retaliatory strike ‌on ⁠Kyiv by Russia's Armed Forces," Zakharova said. Zakharova said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had made "aggressive and threatening statements" about disrupting the commemorations during remarks he made on Monday at a meeting ​in Armenia ​of the European ⁠Political Community. "Several EU countries were present," she said. "None of them reprimanded the ringleader of the ​Kyiv regime." In his remarks in Armenia, Zelenskiy ​noted a ⁠Russian announcement that the commemorations were being scaled down and taking place without military hardware for security reasons. Zelenskiy added: "It will ⁠be the ​first time in many, many years ​they cannot afford military equipment and they fear drones may buzz over Red ​Square. This is telling."

Russia is dreading Ukraine will rain drones on their military parade after they did not respect the ceasefire. So now they're trying to get the european countries to put pressure on Kyiv to let the parade happen by saying they are going to bomb Kyiv so hard they cannot ensure they won't bomb foreign ambassies. The reason why Russia is dreading drones on the parade is because Russia has been good at shielding Russians living in Moscow/St Petersburg from seeing the war on their doorsteps (Though it gets harder and harder). Not being able to stop a drone attack on their V-day parade would show how little Russia is in control and destroy a narrative which is already weak (Russians don't really ignore the long list of military tied companies or energy companies which tend to self combust out of the blue).

The real gist is that Ukraine's long range capability is becoming a strategic factor in the war, rivaling Russia's own. The Ukrainians use it differently, for actual economic and strategic targets rather than kindergartens and it's obviously hurting Russia. On top of that, the stalemate at the front where drones seem to render large scale offensives impossible and Russian losses are just mounting without results. The internet crackdown. The economy running on fumes. All of the above are systemic issues now. Sure, Russia can fire more missiles and drones at civilians, but a) it doesn't work and b) Ukraine is unfortunately used to it. But as Ukraine's long range "sanctions" expand ordinary Russians will feel the war differently. The asymmetry will be gone. So they've resorted to "RED SCARE CRAZY IVAN"-campaigns (again) to try to influence public and political opinion in Europe.

You are probably using the app amirite? It always opens up a paywall but not if you go via browser

No. Russia warns other coutries embassies that they’ll bomb them

I'm very confused by this