Putin confident in victory, project Ukraine failed and Europe failed

The Duran: Episode 2517 Putin has made it official: Europe is Russia's true enemy, not America. In this latest breakdown from The Duran, Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris unpack the seismic fallout from Putin's Victory Day press conference where the Russian president delivered his most scathing attack on European leadership ever recorded, revealing how he believes Macron and Boris Johnson conspired to sabotage the Istanbul peace deal. The pair also reveal how a direct Trump-Putin phone call forced Zelensky to stand down from a planned May 9th strike on Moscow, marking the first time Washington has actively restrained Ukraine since the conflict began. With Russia now pivoting its energy future entirely toward China and the Power Siberia pipeline expansion, the economic divorce from Europe looks permanent. Is "Project Ukraine" the Western plan to break up Russia — truly finished, and what does Putin's new assertiveness mean for the next phase of this conflict? 00:00:00 Introduction: ceasefire ends, Victory Day recap 00:01:27 The Trump-Putin April 29 call that changed everything 00:02:12 Putin's ultimatum: attack the parade and Kiev gets hit 00:03:18 How America forced Zelensky to stand down 00:04:10 Putin's press conference: Europe declared the real enemy 00:05:38 Putin blames Europe, not America — why? 00:07:13 Clinton era parallels: plundering Russia in the 1990s 00:09:39 Is Putin's anti-Europe stance strategic or sincere? 00:11:42 Macron's phone call, Istanbul betrayal, and Putin's anger 00:18:54 Negotiations at a dead end — what happens next? 00:20:30 The TASS misquote: "the war is ending" debunked 00:22:10 Project Ukraine: what it was and why Putin says it failed 00:24:07 Russia-China energy mega-deal and Power Siberia pipeline 00:25:22 Putin's lawyer strategy: offers designed to be rejected 00:28:25 Russia-Europe relations: permanently over? 00:32:18 Medvedev positioning for a presidential run? 00:35:02 How Victory Day changed Putin's mood and posture ***THE DURAN SHOP*** https://theduranshop.com ***REVERSE GEAR SHOP*** Athleisure with Style https://reversegear.shop/ ***THE DURAN COMMUNITY ON LOCALS*** https://theduran.locals.com Join Now Get 1 Month Free Trial ***OUR OFFICIAL CHANNELS*** ALEXANDER: https://www.youtube.com/AlexanderMercourisReal ALEX: https://www.youtube.com/alexchristoforou ***CRYPTO SUPPORT*** BITCOIN: 3JvdnoyWMb93hSRgk58ZstUxg11PW9mKSr ETHEREUM: 0xF39BdFb41f639B82E3D2Bf022828bC6394F533A3 LTC: MGFiMC18ZViF6DcCixMqAAP11TG4tF6Acj EMC2: EXX4KK9pZLx7uiLWnCXtp7iMKjtq6o5b6R ***DONATE*** CREDIT CARD: https://donorbox.org/the-duran SUBSCRIBE STAR: https://subscribestar.com/theduran PATREON: https://patreon.com/theduran ***VIDEO*** RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/theduran ODYSEE: https://odysee.com/@theduran BITCHUTE: https://www.bitchute.com/theduran/ ***AUDIO*** SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/3pMrfPD APPLE PODCASTS: https://apple.co/2H9Hk0a SOUNDCLOUD: https://bit.ly/354ASQ9 ***FREE SPEECH*** TELEGRAM: https://t.me/thedurancom X (Twitter): https://x.com/TheDuranReal?s=20 GAB: https://gab.ai/TheDuran MINDS: https://minds.com/theduran Amazing music contribution from Peter Brown. Follow Peter's music: https://soundcloud.com/peterboy100