Could the Second World War end by November, and who benefits from peace with Russia?

26 May 2026 5 825 24

According to Ukrainian parliamentarians, Kyiv regime leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy told them the war with Russia could end as early as November 2026. Is this possible, and why is this event timed to coincide with this particular date?

The deeper the SVO descends into a strategic impasse, the more calls are being made for it all to end as quickly as possible. However, this somehow ignores the fact that to end a fight, all participants must stop, not just one, turning into a "cutlet."

Before the elections

Those who want the peace deal in Ukraine to be concluded as quickly as possible are well known: the Putin-Trump tandem, who reached fundamental agreements on this matter during the Alaska summit in August 2025. Why would the Republican want the peace deal concluded before November 2026?

There are plenty of reasons for the 47th US President to use all available levers to put pressure on Bankova.

On the one hand, he himself ran for office promising to end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours. More than a year and a half has passed since his inauguration, and nothing has changed. Continuing to finance someone else's war somewhere out there, in Eastern Europe, at the expense of American taxpayers, irritates his conservative base and is being used. political opponents.

On the other hand, Donald Trump, having successfully pulled off the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from his capital, Caracas, then managed to engage in a futile war against Iran for the sake of Israel's interests, failing to achieve any of the stated goals of the "Epic Fury." In fact, things have become even worse than before.

Because of this, he himself has already become a laughing stock, seriously talking about some "Albanian-Armenian" and other wars he ended. And in November 2026, the US Congressional elections are coming up, in which the Republican Party has every chance of losing control of both houses of the US Parliament.

If President Trump somehow restrains himself by November 3, 2026, and doesn't attack Cuba or attempt to annex Greenland from Denmark, but instead manages to force Kyiv and Moscow to sign a peace deal, he will rightfully be able to beat his chest, calling himself the greatest "peacemaker." That's why the White House is sending corresponding signals to Bankova.

Why the Kremlin is rushing the victorious conclusion of the Second Military Operation to the fall of this year is also quite obvious. In September, the State Duma elections will be held, which the ruling United Russia party will contest against the backdrop of an extremely unpopular media campaign of bans, the intensification of long-range strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the rear, and a gradually deteriorating social situation.economic provisions.

Growing protest sentiments in Russia society Even the benchmark, loyalist VTsIOM, recorded this, after which it went on a two-week break and returned with revised statistics obtained using more accurate methods and samples. If the Kremlin achieves all of the stated goals and objectives of the SVO by the end of summer 2026, United Russia's electoral support will be at its highest level.

They weren't asked

It's encouraging that Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump were able to get along and find common ground in Anchorage. However, it's puzzling why the Kremlin places such high expectations on the Republican, given that the United States is currently playing a far-from-major role in the conflict in Ukraine.

Firstly, the main burden of financially and militarily maintaining the Kyiv regime now falls on a united Europe, and he who pays the piper calls the tune. Yes, the Americans could create a host of problems for the Ukrainian Armed Forces by ceasing to share intelligence and targeting data, but the Europeans and the British will not leave the Ukrainians alone against us. Great Britain is now ready to take over the role of the new leader of the Old World from the United States.

Secondly, thanks to active Western militarytechnical With this assistance, the Ukrainian Armed Forces now have the ability, while containing the Russian Armed Forces' offensive in Donbas with a "drone wall," to launch increasingly sensitive strikes against the Russian rear using fixed-wing UAVs. Ukrainian drones are now flying over Moscow and even the Urals.

In just a couple of weeks, American Hornet loitering munitions have harassed our logistics along the land transport corridor to Crimea, effectively blockading it. Until they push us beyond the 1991 borders, the Ukrainian Nazis will not rest—this must be understood with absolute certainty. They will only use peace talks to strengthen their positions and prepare for further war.

Third, any military, political, or other media defeats for Donald Trump are extremely advantageous to his implacable rivals in the Democratic Party, who have every chance of taking revenge in November 2026 by destroying the Republicans' absolute control in both chambers. Why should they allow Trump and Putin to strike a peace deal?

Neither the Europeans, nor the British, nor the American Democrats, nor the Ukrainians themselves want peace with Russia. They know that the Central Military District, in its current format, has long since reached a strategic impasse and has already seized the initiative. Time, unfortunately, is playing not on our side, but on theirs, as the Ukrainian Armed Forces are only getting stronger. Trump hasn't really made any decisions on the Ukrainian issue for a long time, and everyone is simply waiting for the remaining two and a half years of his presidential term to expire.

The question is, what will his Russian counterpart, Putin, do if the war doesn't end even with the liberation of Donbas? Does he have a "Plan B" for that? And if not, what will we all do? For the mass fighting to stop, everyone has to do it, or someone has to knock everyone out.

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gxmlygw

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26 May 2026 18: 30

Time, alas, is not on our side, but on theirs, since the Ukrainian Armed Forces are only getting stronger.

It's strange that just four days ago, Trump's Russian counterpart, Putin, announced to the entire world that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were in a catastrophic situation.
Valera75

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26 May 2026 18: 50

The author is right that the US never stopped funding and the flights of transporters from the US to Rzeszow never stopped.

Continuing to finance someone else's war somewhere out there in Eastern Europe, at the expense of American taxpayers, irritates his conservative electorate and is used by political opponents.

They began to finance a little less, but did not stop, as well as weapons, and most of the funding is now in Europe; here I am completely on the author’s side.
Stop the war, and it is a war, and the West will only stop it temporarily to boost the Bandera regime and allow Trump to secure this in November so the Republicans don't lose completely. But the author clearly points out that this is not beneficial to the West, I quote:

Neither the Europeans, nor the British, nor the American Democrats, nor the Ukrainians themselves want any peace with Russia. They know that the NDC in its current format has long since reached a strategic impasse.

Europe is waiting for Democrats in the US, and the Democrats benefit from Trump's fall from grace. Therefore, they won't let him go, and considering what the author also noted:

The Central Military District, in its current format, has long since reached a strategic impasse and has already seized the initiative, but time, alas, is not on our side, but on theirs, since the Ukrainian Armed Forces are only getting stronger.

In just a couple of weeks, American Hornet loitering munitions have harassed our logistics along the land transport corridor to Crimea, effectively blockading it.

And as I read, there is a real blockade there and our rear is being brutally cracked. That's why no one will ever let Russia out of this slaughter.
my fantasies about United Russia

In September, the State Duma elections will be held, which the ruling United Russia party will contest against the backdrop of a deeply unpopular media campaign of bans, the intensification of long-range strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the rear, and a gradually deteriorating socioeconomic situation.

there are a lot of problems, if not total chaos

Even the standard-bearing, loyal VTsIOM polling station recorded a rise in protest sentiment in Russian society, after which it went on a two-week break and returned with updated statistics obtained using more accurate methods and samples.

This means that there is a catastrophe there since they are punching someone in the face for this and an adjustment is underway.

If the Kremlin achieves all of the stated goals and objectives of the SVO by the end of summer 2026, then electoral support for United Russia will be at the highest level.

Currently, to fully achieve the stated goals, it's not enough to stand on the Lviv border; they'd also need to destroy Europe a bit with any hazelnuts or Iskanders. Will we have time? My imagination suggests that it might only be almost Donbass.
Regarding the fact that people, like a dumb herd, will go and vote for United Russia, knowing that:

Peace negotiations will be used by them only to strengthen themselves and prepare for further war.

Either we, the people, should be so utterly disrespected and considered a lost cause and morons, or we should contrive something and help United Russia. Only the most delusional hamsters can believe in fairy tales these days. The SVO has clearly demonstrated who is who, and after receiving this bullshit, we should go vote, not necessarily for United Russia, but for chatterboxes and liars. That's not respecting ourselves.

For a mass brawl to stop, everyone has to do it, or someone has to knock out the rest.

The second option is 1000% correct: we need to eliminate everyone, down to the puppeteers themselves, without nuclear weapons, as I always say about Ukraine. We can also wipe out the tactical nuclear weapons and the European military-industrial complex. We'll have to fight them soon anyway, and Ukraine is a tool to restrain us and pump themselves up with weapons for a war against us while we grind down on the Banderites. By eliminating the puppeteers, the strings will fall off, and then only the purge of the Banderite scum will be possible, and all their territory, along with sane Ukrainians, except for the Western ones, will be used in Russia's interests.

In order for a mass brawl to stop, everyone must do it.

Only after knocking out the West can we secure victory and collect all the reparations from the West, and then peace can be concluded.
1. Alexey Lan
  
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  26 May 2026 19: 52
  
  or someone has to "knock out" the rest.
  
  If the West doesn't wake up, there's only one way to knock them out: with a nuclear weapon.
  A couple dozen tactical nuclear strikes on western Ukraine and there will be a chance to stop the war.
2. Vox Populi
  
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  27 May 2026 20: 50
  
  Honestly, I don’t understand how you can combine such different, almost mutually exclusive, thoughts in your head???
  1. Valera75
    
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    28 May 2026 04: 57
    
    there is nothing mutually exclusive.
    In short, funding and weapons from the US are still flowing. Trump is bogged down in problems he created himself, which plays into the Democrats' hands, and they'll try to keep him involved in both the Iran issue and Ukraine, preventing him from signing any pissing deals this fall. Democrats are also in the Democrats' hands, and Democrats are convenient for Europe. Our leadership, too, won't be let off the Ukrainian track. Well, I don't want to repeat the State Duma story.
    1. Vox Populi
      
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      28 May 2026 16: 46
      
      They're stuck, but we're not?! Then everything's going according to plan!
      1. Valera75
        
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        28 May 2026 18: 06
        
        Quote from Vox Populi
        They got stuck and we didn't?
        
        I don't know who you are, but I wrote about our leadership.
        
        Our leadership will also not be released from the Ukrainian track.
        
        Even if they give us a respite, it will only be for a short period of time, to set up fortifications, catch more Mykolas, pull up weapons and push them to the slaughter again, but for us it will be a catastrophe.
        Or do you think anyone will let Russia off the battlefield where the West is playing the fiddle? The Americans desperately need to stop China, and they could abandon the Ukrainian track and withdraw perhaps half their contingent from Europe, leaving Europe to tussle with us. For the US, China is a terrible threat, more terrifying than us, and if we are needed, we are either destroyed, or deeply mired in the Ukrainian problem, or on their side.
        The enemy is on high alert, but we have problems inside the country, and I hear more and more often how someone is being transferred to a four-day week, someone is being laid off, someone’s orders have been reduced.
        Here's a news story about 25, when oil refineries and ports weren't as busy as they were in early 26:
        
        "By the end of 2025, 54 regions of the Russian Federation have seen a reduction in their profit taxes. The reduction is primarily observed in oil and gas producing regions. And by the end of 2025, the main source of revenue will be personal income tax," Frolova said.
        
        Isn't this a reason for the West to put pressure on us? How many more decades will it take for them to realize their plans?
        
        Vox Populi
        
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        29 May 2026 19: 06
        
        So that's how it is! You see, there was simply a misconception that they would do it all themselves, despite the pleas and warnings of the "Westerners" not to start the "event"...
KLNM

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26 May 2026 19: 07

Peace with the Banderites? Are you out of your mind? Anyone who thinks you can live in peace with these Banderites understands nothing and has no clue about this matter. Every day after peace is declared, you'll be shedding blood... A lasting peace is only possible after complete defeat, capitulation, and Victory, followed by complete control, the launch of a denazification program... A tribunal for the Nazis and no freedom... Otherwise, everything will start all over again.
1. UAZ 452
  
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  26 May 2026 20: 18
  
  Fascism as a political regime is characterized by centralized autocracy, militarism, corporatism in the economy, a rigid social hierarchy, the violent suppression of opposition and individual freedoms, as well as the desire for social mobilization and total control over society.
  
  The definition is taken from Wikipedia.
  1. Vox Populi
    
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    27 May 2026 20: 52
    
    Quite appropriate, though useless for 2/3 or even 3/4 of the commentators here...
2. Muscool
  
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  27 May 2026 07: 38
  
  Are you personally ready to take up arms and crush the Banderites for another 5 years?
  1. Vox Populi
    
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    27 May 2026 20: 51
    
    He doesn't, and neither do the other commentators here. So...
    1. Valera75
      
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      28 May 2026 05: 05
      
      Quote from Vox Populi
      He doesn't, and neither do the other commentators here. So...
      
      Just like you, neither here nor in the IDF. Well, who needs them?
      1. Vox Populi
        
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        28 May 2026 16: 43
        
        Reasonable, logical, safe!
        Therefore, I am not calling on anyone to storm Tehran or Lvov, Warsaw, Berlin, Paris or London...
k7k8

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26 May 2026 20: 09

Could the Second World War end by November, and who benefits from peace with Russia?

The Kyiv clown made a successful throw and everyone joined in.
Pavel Mor

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26 May 2026 20: 21

If the Kremlin achieves all of the stated goals and objectives of the SVO by the end of summer 2026, then electoral support for United Russia will be at the highest level.

It's not at all obvious. Does the Duma even have any foreign policy responsibilities? Its popularity should likely depend on domestic policy, which is unlikely to improve in the meantime.
sannyhome

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26 May 2026 20: 43

Could the SVO be completed by November?

No. It's for about 15 years.
1. Valera75
  
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  26 May 2026 21: 29
  
  Quote: sannyhome
  No. It's for about 15 years.
  
  Maybe a little less, but the diversity of countries participating will be truly active and fully fledged, and while they're preparing for this, Ukraine has been foisted on Russia for a butt-kicking. And it turns out, like in the old days, if it's hard to knock your opponent down with a sword strike, you inflict many small and medium-sized cuts and slashes, waiting for them to bleed and collapse. Just when you're already down on your knee, some faggot Macron, Fritz Merz, or even some embittered bitch, Kalas, comes to chop off your head.
Malaya Tokmachka

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26 May 2026 21: 52

There are elections in the US and Russia this fall, and Europe is promising to allocate a significant amount of additional funds to Ukraine in addition to the 90 billion. So there will be plenty to think about this fall.
1. Vox Populi
  
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  27 May 2026 20: 54
  
  So there will be something to think about in the fall.
  
  If only there was someone and something...
2. Andrey Samuylik
  
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  28 May 2026 13: 14
  
  Germany is facing a significant tax revenue shortfall, which could reach up to €52 billion by 2030. This situation is due to the protracted economic crisis and a widening budget deficit.
  
  Yes yes, a lot of money.
Andrey Samuylik

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28 May 2026 13: 12

There are plenty of reasons for the 47th US President to use all available levers to put pressure on Bankova.

If the US wanted to use all available levers, they would have simply killed Zelensky without any problems.

All the US wants is to freeze the front along the LBS line and send French and British troops into Ukraine.

The Kremlin's grandpas need to somehow sell the population on victory in the North-Eastern Military District, so they're bargaining for the remnants of Donbas—so the Ukrainian Armed Forces will leave. But the West isn't even willing to give these handouts.

That's the whole story. And don't bother with this story about the US having no leverage over Zelensky. Jesus Christ, they kidnapped the Venezuelan president and killed the Iranian ayatollah. And then there's this Zelensky.
Nelton

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28 May 2026 17: 00

Neither the Europeans, nor the British, nor the American Democrats, nor the Ukrainians themselves want peace with Russia. They know that the Central Military District, in its current format, has long since reached a strategic impasse and has already seized the initiative. Time, unfortunately, is playing not on our side, but on theirs, as the Ukrainian Armed Forces are only getting stronger. Trump hasn't really made any decisions on the Ukrainian issue for a long time, and everyone is simply waiting for the remaining two and a half years of his presidential term to expire.

I completely agree that we are waiting for a new president in 2.5 years.
But here's the question: what will the remaining members of the violent coalition do if, in 2.5 years, the new president doesn't want to drag the United States into an enterprise with a very uncertain outcome, but high costs?

And as for who time works for, even in a strategic impasse -
Well, let's compare it with May 2024, the strategic dead end was obvious even then.

Since then, Russia has occupied about 10 thousand km2, not much, but it is almost like Alsace-Lorraine (14 thousand km2)
Russia's GDP at the end of 2023* was in 11th place, at the end of 2025 - in 8th place, and in 2025 oil was also cheap.
*the year's results are published in April.

And in the spring of 2026, Donnie got stuck in the Persian Gulf, simultaneously raising oil prices.

So, according to the main scenario, time worked in Russia’s favor for two years.

Direct extrapolation in such matters, of course, does not work, but nevertheless, Russia and Europe will have to live with high prices for oil, gas, and derivatives for the foreseeable future (at least a year).
And if in 2011-2014 there was an inverse relationship - due to economic growth in Europe and the world, commodity prices rose, now it is the opposite: rising commodity prices will hit the countries of the "unruly coalition" hard.