5/9/23
Social media users and news outlets in Ukraine have reported on red crosses that they say have mysteriously appeared on some streets in Moscow and speculated as to what they might mean.
The markings on roads in the Russian capital spurred some theories that they could be targets for drone or missile attacks ahead of Tuesday’s parade in Red Square marking Victory Day, which commemorates the Soviet role in the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945.
“In Moscow, people are going crazy because of the red crosses that have appeared around the city,” wrote Ukrainian journalist Andrey Tsaplienko on his Telegram channel on Monday, suggesting the crosses may have been an attempt to troll Russians. “Apparently, they fear these may be markers for airstrikes on May 9.”
Tsaplienko was just one social media user who shared images of the markings which appeared amid security concerns about the May 9 events.
Reports of the crosses came mostly from Ukrainian journalists or social media. The existence of the crosses has not been independently confirmed and the photos have not been independently verified. The Russian government or official media have not commented on the reports. Newsweek has contacted the Russian Defense Ministry for comment.
“May 9 is a sacred date for Russians and Kremlin criminal Vladimir Putin,” reported Online.UA, a Russian-language Ukrainian media outlet, which noted how parades in cities across Russia had been canceled due to security concerns.
“Photos of red marks near the Ministry of Defense building,” it added, “probably, such marks indicate places for strikes by missiles and UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles).”
“Marks for missiles or UAVs allegedly appeared on the streets of Moscow,” reported news outlet Trukha on its Telegram page. “They are clearly in a festive mood before May 9,” it added next to a smiling emoji.
Others noted that at the start of the war, Ukrainian buildings and roads had been marked with crosses and circles by saboteurs to demarcate targets for Russian forces.
Last week, Moscow alleged that Kyiv, with the help of the U.S., was behind a drone attack on the Kremlin that it said was an assassination attempt on President Vladimir Putin. Kyiv has rejected the claim.
There have also been recent acts of apparent sabotage across Russia, such as in the southern region of Krasnodar where an oil refinery was reportedly targeted by drones last week.
Russian pro-war politician and writer Zakhar Prilepin, a Russian pro-war writer, was severely injured in a car bomb explosion on Saturday, while in April, Vladlen Tatarsky, a Russian military blogger, was killed in an explosion in a St. Petersburg cafe.
Tuesday’s parade passed off without incident although it was much smaller than in previous years, with Russian forces suffering huge losses of personnel and equipment in Ukraine.
Putin has traditionally used Victory Day to promote patriotic unity and showcase the country’s military might, but this year’s event was a more low-key affair, with only a single tank on display and no fly past.
Putin gave a speech in which he conflated his invasion of Ukraine with the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany. He said the West intended to bring about “the collapse and destruction of our country.”
Putler said the West intended to bring about “the collapse and destruction of our country.”
If only this were true. But, vladolf is already in the process of achieving this all on his own.
Putin is already well on the way to wrecking Russia. We can stand by and watch while he does it.
I wonder if he knows this fact.
If the allies continue to provide insufficient assistance to enable the victims to recover all the thieved land, then putler’s genocide will grind on indefinitely.
At the moment, the policy of the US is to give carte blanche to putler to murder Ukrainian civilians and destroy civilian infrastructure, without reply.
After Hitler’s London blitz, which was designed to terrorize and murder civilians and destroy property, the gloves came off.
A huge percentage of the private housing stock in London was destroyed and hundreds of thousands of innocent people were murdered.
Churchill ordered the RAF under Sir Arthur “Bomber” Harris to do the same to the krauts, whose descendants unbelievably are still moaning about it today. There was very little anti-Hitler sentiment in Germany until after the war.
Ukraine is going to have to develop their own long range fires, to give them the option of killing putinaZi citizens.
What else can they do with an evil and merciless enemy except strike back hard?
I agree and I hope that Ukraine is working on long-range capabilities, especially seeing that the old weakling in the Yellow House won’t hand any over. The frog and the kraut are not a lick better. I spit out in deep disgust.
A target for missile attacks?
All I know is the plant next to my elementary school was said to be targeted for nuclear attacks due to the components it produced. The staff used to joke during the ‘Duck and Cover’ exercises taught for elementary school kids in the event of a nuclear war that nothing but god could help us in such a case.
Nowadays it’s more active shooter drills. I kinda think that if the White House is going to borrow more and more money for security, that American kids in elementary school should be a priority for American funds.
I am not saying don’t aid Ukraine, but only that we are living on borrowed time in terms of debt and also will be on borrowed time if Russia perceives itself to be under an existential threat due to our weapons hitting it.
Kudos to the Brits for providing cruise missiles, but personally I am just not that rich and worry daily about safety in American schools. Still, they aren’t contributing as much per GDP as the US is, nor is much of Europe, even though they are much closer to any threat.
Sir Honestly I suggest that you stop listening to the left or right wing bullshit of MSNBC or Fox News or CNN opinion pundits. In fact, Great Britain’s contribution to Ukraine has been .38% of its GDP compared to .37% of the US GDP. These stats are as of March 2023. And as of February latest available stats the EU with Great Britain have provided nearly $70billion in aid as compared to $64 billion by the US. Furthermore, wasn’t the US a signatory in the Budapest Memorandum and wasn’t it Clinton that so urgently waned Ukraine to remove its nuclear capability? Doeznt the US have an obligation under that? “Figures don’t lie but liars figure”. .
We should start using our tax monies more wisely. I’m sure that many billions could be saved. I would start by stopping aid monies to trash countries. Stopping the flow of illegal aliens would also be a good measure to save money. And, we should take a closer look at what we waste on useless defense spending. I remember the famous $600 toilet seats.