MAY 9TH LOOMS: US BOASTS OF HELPING TO SINK RUSSIA’S FLAGSHIP WAR VESSEL

On May 9th, 1945, Russia defeated the Nazi regime. It’s called “Victory Day” in Russia and considered a very important, sacred even, holiday.

This coincides with tensions ratcheting up between NATO and Russia, as the Ukrainian war draws in regional and global forces to fend off the Russian invasion. It’s rumored that Russia will order a full mobilization of its armed forces and officially declare war against Ukraine. It’s hard to imagine Russia NOT mobilizing, since all of NATO is actively targeting Russian leadership and servicemen.

While no one really knows what Russia will do, we do know the United States is goading Russia with comments designed to cause Putin to choose violence, giving NATO the pretext to launch attacks against Russia. Tonight they boasted about helping to sink the Moskva.

BREAKING: U.S. intelligence helped Ukraine sink the Russian cruiser Moskva – NBC News

Last week Pelosi, Schiff and other US politicians were in Kiev talking about defeating Russia and said nothing about de escalation. And lastly Belarusian forces are teeming on the border with Lithuania, as well as nuclear readiness exercises underway by the Russians in Kaliningrad.

In total, the mood of the west is one of invincibility — as people view Russia’s struggles in the Ukraine and deduce they’re weak. The fact is, Ukraine is strong, assisted by western intelligence, logistics, and weapons. If the war expanded into other areas of Europe, forget about GDP growth and start to worry about submarines in the Atlantic targeting LNG tankers to a gas starved Europe.

One can make a strong argument that the Ukrainian army is the strongest and most battle ready forces in all of Europe. How other European forces will stack up against a fully mobilized Russia is anyone’s guess.

All being said, none of this is bullish for stocks.