Following the Russian Foreign Ministry's warning, none of the embassies began evacuating Kyiv.

Western countries and Ukraine are reacting to the Russian Foreign Ministry's warning yesterday about the need for representatives of foreign states and international missions to leave Kyiv. As a reminder, Maria Zakharova issued the warning after Kyiv announced its rejection of the ceasefire for May 8-9 and threatened to strike Moscow on those dates.

The Ukrainian side called the warning "cynical and provocative." Bankova Street and the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry stated that "Russia itself is violating the ceasefire and using threatening rhetoric to justify such actions." Presumably, threats to strike central Moscow on Victory Day, by Kyiv's logic, cannot be considered provocative.

International media coverage of the Russian Foreign Ministry's statements has been relatively muted. No country has yet made any specific announcements about evacuating their embassies from Kyiv in the coming days.

Reuters and Al Jazeera noted that Maria Zakharova cited aggressive and threatening statements by Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the possible disruption of the celebrations in Moscow. The agencies cited the key part of the note:

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly urges for an early evacuation due to the inevitability of a retaliatory strike against Kyiv.

France 24 and Le Monde described the statement as "a warning to foreign diplomats to leave Kyiv in the event of strikes," emphasizing the context of Russia's unilateral ceasefire initiatives.

Foreign media outlets are reporting that the threat from the Russian Foreign Ministry, and earlier from the Russian Defense Ministry, has sparked "concerns among Ukraine's top authorities." On Bankova Street,

The Verkhovna Rada and other Ukrainian government structures genuinely fear that attacks could be launched against them, although they are currently flaunting their impunity.

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[Arthur Grudinin]

It looks like we'll really have to wait for drone strikes on Red Square. However, I'm 100% certain there won't be a retaliatory strike.

[figwam]

The war is entering its fifth year, and the West is not even reacting to direct warnings of a strike. These are the results.

[sub307]

A direct result of Russia's numerous "rubber red lines"...

[Arifon]

Yes, there is a famous one in history The thin red line, and now this one will appear -

The rubber red line

[Gardamir]

Don't worry. They say several trainloads of red markers arrived from China. There are still plenty of lines left to draw.

[mitrich]

And a train with rolls of millimetre paper.
There will be no end to the creativity of the young, cross out, and the old...

[ARIONkrsk]

Quote: figvam

The war is entering its fifth year, and the West is not even reacting to direct warnings of a strike. These are the results.

So everyone already knows that nothing will happen, our government has disgraced the country properly, they have stopped fearing and respecting us, every cur is trying to spit in our face.

[Mazunga]

No one was afraid there, they just know more than us.

[Metallurg_2]

It seems we should really hit the embassies. Then they'll react.

[Last centurion]

Why should they react? Any outcome is good for them.
1. They show their people how brave they are, and that there will be unity if nothing happens.
2. If something happens, then there will be sacrificial victims from diplomatic intelligence officers and a reason for escalation.

In short, with these truces and red lines, we're making them stronger. And no matter the outcome.
And the elephant's ass will be the one to be hit, but they won't have the balls to hit them. Then they'll show everyone they have no will.
This is a hopeless configuration a la Trump in Hormuz, only for Russia.

[kapitan92]

Quote: figvam

The war is entering its fifth year, and the West is not even reacting to direct warnings of a strike. These are the results.

Glory to Putin! Glory to United Russia. We're on the right path, comrades! And who is Putin fighting for, the "reds" or the "whites"?

[Button]

As the saying goes, a spoon is good for dinner. If only...

[novel66]

Actually, they don't believe it either. No one believes it.

[Proxima]

Quote: Artur Grudinin

However, I am 100% sure that there will be no retaliatory strike.

Of course will not There are also ambassadors of foreign countries there. I hope nothing happens!! We continue to write in small and discrete letters.

[ZovSailor]

Arthur Grudinin
Today, 06: 03

The Kremlin's position on the negotiations and the results of Minsk-1, 2, Istanbul, and Anchorage, along with the sluggish developments at the front, as well as the indecisive actions in the North-Eastern Military District from March 2022 to the present, create all the conditions for the enemy not to respond to threats.
There will be strikes on Kyiv, but not on the center, but on facilities associated with the military-industrial complex, as was the case before the warnings were issued during the joint military operation.

[Xenofont]

If the diplomats are not evacuated, they will act as human shields for the Kakels, since the Kremlin will have an excuse to wash its hands of the matter, citing the humanitarian and political consequences of a retaliatory strike.

[Dimy4]

...because the Kremlin will have a reason to wash its hands of it...

Like we wanted to, but there are diplomats there

[isv000]

Quote: Dimy4

...because the Kremlin will have a reason to wash its hands of it...

Like we wanted to, but there are diplomats there

First of all, calibrate the embassies of Matrasia, Naglia, Zhaboedostan and Nazi Germany!

[flicker]

I am 100% sure that there will be no retaliatory strike.

Of course it will, moreover, we should expect that we will put all nuclear deterrent forces on full combat readiness... not for Kyiv.

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[ABC-schutze]

In the 5th year of the SVO, I generally consider this kind of "warning" to Russia's enemies, from the Russian Armed Forces and the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to be completely unnecessary and futile...

Especially if they're repeated with practically the same frequency—"every two days"—they only devalue themselves. Warning your enemies REALLY only needs to be done ONCE—the first time, and the last. And after that, the principle of "If you don't hide, it's not my fault..." should automatically take effect.

And now?.. Have you noticed that your enemies, as usual, have ignored your "warning" (as with ALL the previous ones)? Well, then rejoice, and don't play the "parrot"... Rejoice that they have taken ALL THE RISKS upon THEMSELVES and are in their usual "relaxed" state. And by dealing a REAL blow to the targeted targets of the Bandera-Nazis, with the possible (highly likely) presence of foreign "diplomats," you will truly punish them. And force them to take ALL your subsequent warnings very seriously, as inevitable reality, and not "gestures" that don't result in blows, but are followed by more "statements" and "indignation" from Madam Zakharova...

[Voenoboz]

And you want the third one so much that you don’t even realize that you could be under the rubble.

[isv000]

Quote: Artur Grudinin

It looks like we'll really have to wait for drone strikes on Red Square. However, I'm 100% certain there won't be a retaliatory strike.

It must be! It's a must. Stuff our interceptor with Ukrainian debris and slam it into the battlement. And fire! From all calibers. Kyiv? No, I haven't heard of it...

[Zoer]

Quote: Artur Grudinin

However, I am 100% sure that there will be no retaliatory strike.

All other countries are equally sure of this.

[lynnot]

However, I am 100% sure that there will be no retaliatory strike.

Brzezinski already spoke about this quite specifically.

[mitrich]

Yes, you said it well, we still need to think about whose elite this is, yours or ours.

[WILL]

Following the Russian Foreign Ministry's warning, none of the embassies began evacuating Kyiv.

Well, actually, that's their problem!
The main thing is that words match deeds. And as for foreigners, who want to die "heroically"? Well, who's going to stop them? Maybe later they'll start wondering if it's worth poking a bear with a stick?

[Uncle lee]

although for now they are flaunting their impunity.

But the top brass of the Ukrainian Reich had already fled to the west of Maidan...

[Boris Sergeev]

What "bear" are you even talking about? It's no longer clear who's conducting the SVO: Russia, which only launches strikes "in response," or Ukraine.


🔜If Kyiv carries out criminal plans during the celebration of the Great Victory, the blow will be dealt, among other things, to decision-making centers;

🔜The Russian Foreign Ministry points out the inevitability of a retaliatory strike by the Russian Armed Forces against Kyiv if the regime's terrorist plans are realized;

[Same lech]

Western diplomats have become accustomed to Zakharova's speeches with endless warnings...now they consider statements from our Foreign Ministry an empty threat.

[Egoza]

Quote: The same LYOKHA

Western diplomats have become accustomed to Zakharova's speeches with endless warnings...now they consider statements from our Foreign Ministry an empty threat.

It's hard not to recall the scenes from the film "Ivan the Terrible," where European diplomats argue, "Europe won't recognize us!" And the papal legate replies, "If we're strong, everyone will recognize us. We need to make sure we're not strong!" Europe has achieved its goal today. And it was probably a mistake to cancel the display of military hardware at the parade. They should have kept the cadets out, they're just kids, but the military hardware should have been allowed in. As those same diplomats said earlier: "Fear not what the Russians show, but what they don't show."

[Tikhonov_Alexander]

Dear Elena!
It's probably right that there won't be any equipment! It's quite possible they're always driving around there, carrying mock-ups! How many years have all these Armatas and Coalitions been chewing up the cobblestones... Where are they? They're not there - we know for sure! We simply don't know about the other prototypes - maybe something will become clear later... And the guarantor could have staged an online speech - I think the internet would have been working like clockwork during that time! It's safer for him, and cheaper, without a parade! But still, whatever way you look at it, it turns out the guarantor is scared! It's good that the guys from the military academies won't be there! But the fact that he hid the equipment (even if they're mock-ups!) - that's definitely scared! And we won't see any strikes on Kyiv! Unless they hit Moscow. Other cities are possible - after all, it's Russia! And Moscow isn't Russia - it only extorts tribute from Russia and rewards Russophobic Central Asian countries, and not only these...

[tabex]

I think they've come up with an expression - another "Russian warning" that can be ignored just like the "last Chinese one."

[turembo]

Ah, in a word, a fairy tale about wolves and a shepherdess...

[Per se.]

Quote from turembo

a tale about wolves and a shepherdess

This is "painting" - Malevich's "Black Square", the Russian Foreign Ministry's "Red Line"...

[lshka]

After something like that, I would, on principle, hit somewhere nearby to get all that "riffraff" moving, and I don't care about the howl that starts up, we warned you...

[Azimutt]

Somewhere nearby is the entire center of Kyiv.

[Incvizitor]

They are as insolent as Russia allows.

[Sergei Timofeich]

Heh heh, I remember how Western cuckolds shed their hair from Kukuev in 22nd year, now they have a vaccination against red lines, we did it ourselves...

[Uran53]

There won't be a response anyway. I don't have the guts.

[kosmozoo]

There will be no response anyway

Because there won't be any requests. The drones promised by the greens won't be coming on May 9th—they've already pissed themselves in Kyiv. That's why the diplomats aren't bothering.

[Boris Sergeev]

If they hit Cheboksary or Yekaterinburg, what then? Or is the point of all these statements and actions just to ensure the safety of one ailing individual, and the rest don't count?

[snow mountain]

There won't be a response anyway. I don't have the guts.

That's exactly it! If they didn't do it before, they won't do it now.

[Vadim S]

Well, that's how a weak government has positioned itself. I'm sure the Western press is now running articles about the latest developments and so on. They certainly won't translate that stuff for us; they'll hide it. I used to read the Western press constantly; they spew their own perspective at every spit.

[Vyacheslav Boldyrev]

A man said a word, a man did it, to avoid being a laughingstock to the whole world. If we say something, we must do it or say nothing! The whole world mocks Russia's red lines, just like they mocked the 10001 "Chinese warning" in Soviet times!

[Maximum.1]

Speriamo che non ci siano attacchi terroristici ucraini su Mosca durante la parata,ma se ciò dovesse accadere mi auguro che la rappresaglia su kiev sarà molto dura e senza sconti.Questi terroristi vanno ammazzati a partire dalla testa così come si fa con i serpenti.

[Dimy4]

Why are you treating him like that? On the contrary, he hopes for the Kremlin’s fortitude if something happens.

[Serjy]

This is a chance for everyone to speak up. Learn some etiquette before you tell anyone to go anywhere.

[K_4]

Even the people are making fun of their own government. I think even Yeltsin's actual approval rating was higher before he left office.

[alexoff]

So, six months before his departure, Yeltsin found himself a clear successor who energetically took on the problems. But now there was no one left to replace him.

[Soldatov V.]

There's no need for a second warning. Now, on this very day, destroy all the train stations, airports, and bridges so NATO diplomats can't leave Kyiv. Let them be Zelenskyy's hostages.

[Amateur]

Instead of bombing the Jewish Banderites, we call our friend Donald and ask him to influence Zelensky so he doesn't disrupt the Victory Parade. We've come to the end of our ways!

You won't respect yourself.
No one will respect
(A truism)

[Coconut Tima]

After today's strikes on Bryansk (13 wounded) and Rzhev (350 residents evacuated), Kyiv should be burning. But our boss has no steel bells.

[The power of Russia]

For a long time now, everyone has seen the weakness of such a “leader”, but he doesn’t give a damn!

[Idle_piston]

As I understand it, the military-political leadership's logic is that if there's no Ukrainian strike on May 9, then there won't be any strike on the Kyiv regime's decision-making centers. And they will continue to make decisions about striking Russian cities. It seems to me that Russia's leadership has hit rock bottom.

[Panadol]

A quick note: May 9th Moscow time. Apparently, it's okay to hit other cities. That's just the government's logic.

[Yes it's me]

What kind of pessimism is this... I'm sure it hasn't been reached. I'm sure they'll come up with something else to reach the bottom.

[alexoff]

I think they will show you that there is no bottom.

[Vovavvs]

Nobody believes the latest "final Chinese warning"

[akendrama]

And here's another piece of news: Dmitriev promised, amid the fuel crisis in Germany, the possibility of refueling Lufthansa aircraft. What do you think?

[rusich]

After all the red lines drawn and the loud shaking of the air, not a single embassy in Kiev believes this

[snow mountain]

Following the Russian Foreign Ministry's warning, none of the embassies began evacuating Kyiv.

They laughed after the warning, and that was it! Maybe they told some joke about our authorities.

[BAI]

No country has yet made any specific statements about evacuating its embassies from Kyiv in the coming days.

Because everyone understands it's a bluff. There won't be a blow.

[g_ae]

Well, if you keep shouting "wolf! wolf!" and there's no wolf, then who's going to believe such a windbag? The Kremlin's people are hitting rock bottom.

[asng]

On the one hand, the cancellation and shortening of the Victory Parade program was done to avoid provoking the enemy to launch massive strikes against large concentrations of people and equipment. On the other hand, there's a fear of losing everything and everyone at the parade. Judging by the fact that "isolated" explosive UFOs are carrying out their mission even in Moscow, fear is primary. This fear stems from the inability to prevent both a massive strike and the interception of all UFOs. In such a situation, in my opinion, canceling all parades would be a drastic decision. But, in honor of the Victory won by our grandfathers and fathers, the losses of enemy personnel, equipment, and command personnel on this day should be multiplied. And given that the enemy today is not only the Ukrainian fascists, but also their breadwinners and instigators.

[Earl]

It seems no one believes the Russian Foreign Ministry's warnings anymore, but everyone takes the Iranian Foreign Ministry's statements seriously. Perhaps it's because the Iranians are as good as their word?

[RUS55]

"I don't believe it" - K. Stanislavsky

[APASUS]

We need to understand why this is happening. Listen to the marathon in Ukraine, it's been going on for days. The Russians wouldn't dare; the country is falling apart, on its last legs.

[Sergey_K]

Of course! They realized long ago that warning us doesn't mean we'll KEEP our promise!
It's a great shame that our leadership, with its expressions of concern, its warnings, and the latest categorical Chinese warnings, has brought the situation to its current state! Towers! AU?

[Maverick1812]

Guys, come on, they'll hit me. Ukrainians Not Moscow, so what? Our people will express concern and nothing more. Every day, people as far as the Urals die, but for the Kremlin, these are neither accidents nor grief. The main thing is for petrodollars to flow like a stream and clearly not into the budget, which we have long been filling with taxes, excise duties, interest rates, and other such bribes. Meanwhile, in Central Asia and the Caucasus, conditions are being created for the opening of a "second front" against Russia.

[tim630]

Well, the whole world already knows: a dog barks, but the wind carries it. Nothing will happen beyond words of concern. Well, maybe I'll draw a red line. We should follow Iran's example, not express concern.

[Dinic]

Reputation is very hard to earn, but very easy to lose.
I feel sorry for Maria Zakharova – I have to react to everything, say something. Smooth over every mistake. They put Maria Zakharova in the spotlight, hoping she'll say something. And if something's wrong, she said it, so you can take it from her.

[Roman 11]

Just don't do it right after the provocations... You need to wait for retribution on the right day... preferably with hazelnuts

[Dinic]

Novel 11,
Yes, there have been so many of those opportune moments already...

[Roman 11]

Quote: Dinich

How many of those suitable ones have there already been?

You know, these strategies of razing cities to the ground don't bother me in the slightest - carpet bombing, napalm, etc. - are the lot of idiots, lazybones, complete idiots who don't understand what war is.
As I see it, war is the seizure of territory... needed... necessary - therefore, a deep operation best suits this concept; it can be linked to a drone (technological) combination, pressure along the entire front with small groups. But the foundation of war is a deep operation, and therefore ammunition and munitions are key... Why bomb the enemy's infrastructure and cities for years if in a month or two you can break through the enemy's defenses on a broad front and advance 100 km? For a breakthrough (in this case, I) would need drones, Kabas, and missiles. Of course, on a huge scale, reconnaissance equipment, drones, some new telebeacons, and a preliminary general strike on communications around the offensive zone would be required. This is the correct expenditure of combat resources! And the main goal in war is the destruction of manpower, not iron, buildings, asphalt, and other rubbish! I'm not against destroying rubbish, but manpower along with it is better.

I'm not saying that bombing a city is a completely inappropriate activity in a fight against the enemy. I remember the first book I read as a child, Genghis Khan, there is a chapter there - to take Gurgandzh, you first need to destroy it - exactly the case.. To take Kharkov, you need to destroy it, obviously without sending infantry to storm it, infantry is the last thing in a drone war.. I point out that the Magyars, Zelenkin and others will fight until the last ukraine, and I especially point out that after Genghis Khan's horde ran through almost 1/5th of the land, peace and quiet reigned for several centuries - that is the truth of war, and not some kind of fight until the last ukraine.

[tralflot1832]

Unlike many commentators, I have a different opinion. Kiev is condemned to attack Kyiv, and England will do everything to ensure this. Also, are the Erivan and Israeli embassies in Kyiv on the Russian Ministry of Defense's "black list"?
It is not for nothing that exercises are currently taking place at the Kura training ground from May 6 to 10. The Kura training ground has one significant nuance.

[Dinic]

I bet that even if they do strike (which I doubt), this “strike” will not affect either the decision-making centers or the embassies.

[musorg]

Why are you putting this empty talk?

[Dinic]

My monthly salary. And what will you answer with? Balalabotka?

[know]

It's just that no one in the West has taken Putin and his "talking heads" seriously for a long time now. After so many "red lines."

[Berevostnik]

Those who need it take it quite seriously. But fools cannot be cured.

[mad-max78]

If there are no actions behind your words, then what's the point of listening to what you say after that?

[Mountain shooter]

They don't trust our Foreign Ministry. They don't trust anyone, either. No one in our leadership. Because they don't sense a unified will, and the Supreme Commander's decisions are stalled and diluted by those "below." Well, tolerating the utterly impotent General Staff leadership for five years is just that...

[easy]

God grant our calf the chance to eat the wolf. I don't know if there will be a response or not, but I'm gnawed by a nagging doubt. We need to talk less to our rulers and do more.

[guest]

Quote: forester

I don't know if there will be a response or not.

Unfortunately, as always, it won't.

[musorg]

That's why they're bragging, because they know we won't hit them, and the US has already worked with the Clown to make sure we can't!

[roosei]

No one will strike Kyiv. It will remain just idle chatter.

[Azimutt]

Whatever - the main thing is that they were warned in advance.

[next322]

For five years now, this incomprehensible war with the strange name "SVO" has been going on. Civilians are dying every day, and no one in the country can openly ask their grandfather: how long will we continue this circus? When will we really start fighting...

[Jackson]

Why no one? There was one, but he's gone, juggling grenades on the plane...

[Miller]

Well, screw them. As they say. If you didn't hide, it's not my fault.

[guest]

Following the Russian Foreign Ministry's warning, none of the embassies began evacuating Kyiv.

Well, we've had enough of playing "wolves or wolves"; no one believes this empty chatter anymore.

[reaper]

"Russia needs a small victorious war" (c)
Victory failed, so now they'll have to boost their ratings by tightening the screws. Options are limited, taxes are already high, the economy is on its last legs, the only option left is to block the entire internet, the population is angry and disappointed, and the inner circle is a thief after another...
Wow, how did they screw up so badly up there...

[Alexy]

How can you trust if not a single threat has been carried out? I remember someone predicting dire consequences back on February 24th.

[16112014nk]

Embassies shouldn't worry. The thieving government can only order the bombing of a few transformer boxes. I'm so sick of this bourgeois government's incompetence.

[Rabin]

Soit, Zelensky n'osera pas perturber la journée de la victoire, soit les représailles russes n'impressionnent plus personne. L'élite dirigeante ukrainienne se fout des ripostes russes tant qu'ils ne sont pas visés personnellement ou physiquement.

[isv000]

Following the Russian Foreign Ministry's warning, none of the embassies began evacuating Kyiv.

No one takes Russia at its word. They know that at the last minute, they'll unleash Marya the Artisan on the scene and angrily tell them all about the felt-tip pens. I also don't believe the General Staff will give the necessary order—they'll find a million excuses...

[Ulysses]

We ourselves taught them not to believe all sorts of red lines and empty words.

[Esaul]

It's no surprise; no one takes our Foreign Ministry's words seriously anymore. Lavrov and Zakharova have been so bluff over the years that their statements are now laughable.

[Victor Alien]

The key advisers on strikes against Russia have been warned. I hope at least the necessary diplomatic missions are already under fire...

[acetophenone]

although for now they are flaunting their impunity.

Perhaps this is exactly what Putin will talk about on May 9? But more likely, he'll just be beating around the bush again.

[Toby Dammit]

Putin, Peskov, Ushakov, Zakharova... Each of them repeated the same thing. Serious guys don't give warnings like that. It sounds more like panic.

[sgr291158]

Why do they need evacuation? They know perfectly well that there will be no attack.

[Voenoboz]

How long did the fighting in Afghanistan last? So, we have another six years, and then there could be nuclear mushroom clouds. How do you like that prospect? That's exactly it. All those red pencils and all that jazz, you don't want to live?