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TexasTowelie

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Sun May 10, 2026, 03:59 PM Yesterday

Putin Just Crossed a Red Line He'll Regret - Jason Jay Smart



Vladimir Putin tried to use May 9 peace optics to protect Red Square, but the sequence exposed the fraud. Trump announced a 3-day ceasefire tied to a 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner exchange, Zelensky confirmed Ukraine had Russia’s agreement, and Putin later admitted Russia recorded no Ukrainian ceasefire violations before blaming Kyiv anyway.

That betrayal explains why Russia’s neighbors no longer trust Moscow’s promises. Putin warned Armenia over its possible EU path, accused Finland after it joined NATO in 2023, and watched Sweden join NATO in 2024 after more than 200 years of non-alignment. Latvia faces Belarusian pressure, Moldova is moving toward EU talks, and the Baltics are cutting Russian influence from schools.

Putin invaded Ukraine to break the West, but Ukraine exposed the weakness behind Russia’s threats. NATO grew larger, Europe began pouring money into defense, former Russian partners invited Western support, and Moscow’s poor regions are paying the human cost. Putin wanted the old empire back. His war made that empire run from him.

CHAPTERS:

0:00 Putin’s Empire Backfires
1:24 Victory Day Exposes Russia’s Weakness
3:07 Putin Breaks the Prisoner Deal
4:42 Russia’s History of Deception
5:49 Putin Threatens Armenia
7:34 Finland and NATO Trigger Kremlin Panic
9:21 Russia’s Internal Collapse Accelerates
11:02 The Cost of Russia’s “Brotherhood”
12:08 Putin’s War Machine Is Destroying Russia
13:07 Soviet Collapse Warning for Putin
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Putin Just Crossed a Red Line He'll Regret - Jason Jay Smart (Original Post) TexasTowelie Yesterday OP
Yup, time to swift kick Pootin in the rear blue-wave 21 hrs ago #1

blue-wave

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1. Yup, time to swift kick Pootin in the rear
Sun May 10, 2026, 06:33 PM
21 hrs ago

and send all of Russia into the third world. Let Pootin wipe his ass with newspaper as they did in the good 'ol Soviet days.

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