Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ The Russian ultranationalist community has exploded into a fit of apoplectic rage over Volodymr Zelenskyy's decree 'permitting' Russia to hold its Victory Day parade. They condemn it as a humiliation for Russia and call for maximum retaliation. ⬇️

https://x.com/JimmySecUK/status/2052857650673574276

2/ Russian Telegram channels have had a meltdown over Zelenskyy's decree declaring Red Square to be off-limits for attacks on 9th May in order "to permit the holding of a parade in the city of Moscow (Russian Federation)." Many helpfully translate it for their readers.

3/ 'DSHRG Rusych' grumbles: "Is this denazification or demilitarisation? (We can't figure it out)."

'Novorossiya militia reports' is furious: "Is this what the Russian government was aiming for?"

4/ "After elevating this worthless individual for four years, they've now given him a perfect opportunity to troll and laugh.

Are you satisfied?

Well done."

5/ 'Shelter No. 8' calls for retaliatory raids on Kyiv and Lviv, and for the Ukrainian presidential mansion to be razed in response:

"The old-timers themselves gave him the opportunity to troll themselves."

6/ "But if, starting 9 May 2022, our Armed Forces had staged a celebratory raid on Kyiv and Lviv instead of a parade, the Ukrainians wouldn't have had a single chance to troll.

7/ "And Trump wouldn't be saving the state grandparents' plan today, but [Zelenskyy's] office on Bankova Street and luxury real estate in Koncha-Zaspa [an elite suburb of Kyiv].

8/ "Incidentally, a tip for the LPR leaders: you could raze all the luxury real estate in Koncha-Zaspa in response to today's and tomorrow's provocations. You should have done this in response to the raid on [Putin's] dacha—it's long overdue."

9/ 'Blue Beard' likewise calls for retaliation:

"Entering the circus ring with a professional clown was a stupid idea from the start. Show politics is like breathing through his nose for him; it's impossible to outplay the Ukrainians on this field."

10/ "Now Zelebobus is issuing an order to hold a parade on Red Square. It looks like an attempt at humiliation.

What do they usually do in such situations? A backhanded punch to the face.

In this case, a deadly strike against Bankova Street seems the most logical.

11/ "Instead, Comrade Ushakov comes out and says that, as per the agreement with Trump, Russia has agreed to a three-day ceasefire from 9th to 11th May and a 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner exchange.

Naturally, there are no censored words on this matter."

12/ 'Two Majors' condemns the failure of Russia's own state propaganda machine to counter Zelenskyy's trolling:

"The bastard knows how to wage an information war."

13/ "These are the consequences of [the sacked former Defence Minister Sergei] Shoigu's lies, those of his arrested and convicted deputies, and the disgusting, ossified information component of the state machine that accompanies and organises the work in the information field…

14/ …during the implementation of the most important decisions.

For such a slap in the face, a blow against Kyiv could be launched right now."

'Donetsk Infantry' sees it as a sign of Russia's own weakness:

15/ "The shame for the Russian government isn't that the Ukrainian dictator issued such a decree. It's that the authorities, who allowed Russia's defence capabilities to be plundered, have been begging for a deal since 2014,…

16/ …while they've been repeatedly told that there's no negotiating with the weak, those who make empty threats, and those who cave. Terms are dictated to them.

17/ "If you constantly obstruct a fighting army so as not to complicate negotiations, if you make grand gestures and supply gas and oil to those who kill Russians, you will be treated as you deserve."

18/ In a similar vein, 'Comrade Artyom' comments that this is happening because nobody is afraid of Russia and its elderly rulers any more:

"This is what happens when young brains confront old ones...😔"

19/ "By the way, I want to remind you that humor is a powerful weapon that changes reality. Those who were once feared are turned into laughingstocks, and after that, no one is afraid of anyone anymore, and, accordingly, no one obeys anyone anymore."

20/ 'Callsign Leon' is unhappy that "that arsehole Zelenskyy is trolling the Kremlin and shitting on the "official decree authorising the Parade in Moscow."

21/ "So, Ms. Zakharova [Russian foreign ministry spokesperson] and the rest of those who so menacingly threatened to demolish Kyiv 20 times a day if Ukraine disrupted the Parade—see, they won't disrupt it, they say. Like that?"

22/ 'Obsessed with war' calls for Zelenskyy to be killed for his impudence:

"Everyone's already seen Zelensky's taunting, I hope they pay for this comedy with their lives.

Otherwise, it's just total crap."

Lev Vershinin feels humiliated by the whole affair:

23/ "But in general, to be honest, I can't recall a second public spitting on such a level. And there is a feeling that the price of permission was the release (1000 for 1000) of all those whom the Russian courts convicted of war crimes..."

24/ Humiliation is also in the forefront of the mind of 'Leib-hussar', who comments sourly: "Victory Day is overshadowed by Cuckoldry Day." /end

Sources:
🔹 t.me/dshrg2/5006
🔹 t.me/swodki/582382
🔹 t.me/vault8pro/54074
🔹 t.me/beard_tim/32598
🔹 t.me/dva_majors/926…
🔹 t.me/infantry_1/257…
🔹 t.me/pozyvnoy_leon/…
🔹 t.me/voenacher/92693
🔹 t.me/putnik1lv/13257
🔹 t.me/leib_hussar/32…