Kremlin in Panic - As Ukrainian Drones Threaten to Cancel Putin's Set-Piece May 9th Parade!

About this episode

The episode discusses the panic in Moscow as Ukrainian drones threaten Putin's May 9th parade, highlighting Ukraine's newfound influence over the situation.

2026-05-05 | UPDATES #194 | Moscow goes dark, Putin begs for calm and for ‘permission’ to run his tin pot victory day parade. Zelenskyy dictates the terms, in one of the greatest political inflections of history. Ukraine now calls the shots about what happens and does not happen in the swamp empire. Putin does not control, the agenda in Moscow, and Red Square, Ukraine does. Putin's panic hits maximum velocity four days before the May 9 parade, as he seeks to trade Ukrainian prisoners for a promise of clear skies to act the cosplay dictator one last time on Red Square. The streets of Moscow on the morning of 5 May 2026. A cashier at a corner café tries to charge a customer through a contactless card terminal. The terminal beeps and refuses. The customer stares at it. The cashier shrugs. The taxi app on the customer's phone shows a grey screen and a spinning circle that will not finish. The Yandex maps will not load. The messenger notifications make their familiar sound — but when the customer taps to read, the messages will not open. A landline phone in the back of the café rings. Pagers, last seen in 1999, are reportedly being procured by some Moscow firms. AFP reporters in…

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Fink

Topics covered

• Ukrainian drones
• Putin's panic
• May 9th parade
• Moscow's state
• political inflection
• Ukraine's influence

Keywords

• Ukrainian drones
• Putin
• May 9 parade
• Moscow
• Zelenskyy
• political inflection
• Russia
• digital state
• card payments
• ATMs

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Moscow, Red Square

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