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VICTORY DAY IN DONETSK
No mass celebrations or parades can take place in the DPR which remains vulnerable to Ukrainian attack. In fact the outskirts of the city was shelled in the morning with civilians wounded and a man was killed in Makeevka as his home was struck by Ukrainian forces, a sharp reminder that the battle against the ideological successors of the Nazis is still being fought today.
But people want to remember the 27 million men, women, children, soldiers and partisans that lost their lives during the Great Patriotic War. Nowhere more so than in Donetsk which, then known as Stalino, was occupied by the Nazis between 1941 and 1943 before it was liberated by the Red Army.
Statues and memorials across the city remember the heroes of that time, including Frank Gronkevich, whose T34 tank is on display at the Donbass Defenders memorial. He was killed in Zaporozhye region in October 1943 and his unit brought his body and tank back to Donetsk where he is buried.
Many families, serving soldiers and veterans came to lay flowers at the Eternal Flame while a motorcycle cavalcade made its way across the city to pay their respects to those who sacrificed so much for the freedom of so many.
No mass celebrations or parades can take place in the DPR which remains vulnerable to Ukrainian attack. In fact the outskirts of the city was shelled in the morning with civilians wounded and a man was killed in Makeevka as his home was struck by Ukrainian forces, a sharp reminder that the battle against the ideological successors of the Nazis is still being fought today.
But people want to remember the 27 million men, women, children, soldiers and partisans that lost their lives during the Great Patriotic War. Nowhere more so than in Donetsk which, then known as Stalino, was occupied by the Nazis between 1941 and 1943 before it was liberated by the Red Army.
Statues and memorials across the city remember the heroes of that time, including Frank Gronkevich, whose T34 tank is on display at the Donbass Defenders memorial. He was killed in Zaporozhye region in October 1943 and his unit brought his body and tank back to Donetsk where he is buried.
Many families, serving soldiers and veterans came to lay flowers at the Eternal Flame while a motorcycle cavalcade made its way across the city to pay their respects to those who sacrificed so much for the freedom of so many.
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Following the morning arrests, students at the University of Amsterdam staged a large demonstration.
Students in universities in the USA, Canada, Australia, and European countries are holding protests demanding a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Students in universities in the USA, Canada, Australia, and European countries are holding protests demanding a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
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LBC confirms it is replacing Sangita Myska following her interview with an Israeli government spokesman
The company has stated that Myska's contract has run its course, and she will be replaced by Vanessa Feltz, who has campaigned for Israel in the past.
The company has stated that Myska's contract has run its course, and she will be replaced by Vanessa Feltz, who has campaigned for Israel in the past.
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A Palestinian mother bids farewell to her child following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza.
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On this day, 9 May 1763, what became known as Pontiac's war began when warriors from several Indigenous nations under the Ottawa leader Pontiac attacked British colonial troops at Fort Detroit in present-day Michigan.
While Fort Detroit itself did not fall, Native American fighters captured several forts, with Seneca warriors seizing Venango and Le Boeuf.
Despite British forces massacring unarmed Native Americans, and attempting to spread smallpox among the Native population, fighting continued into the following year, causing around 450 British casualties. The eventual peace agreement reached ensured important concessions to Native Americans, including a ban on colonisation west of the Appalachian ridge, and the loss of several forts.
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While Fort Detroit itself did not fall, Native American fighters captured several forts, with Seneca warriors seizing Venango and Le Boeuf.
Despite British forces massacring unarmed Native Americans, and attempting to spread smallpox among the Native population, fighting continued into the following year, causing around 450 British casualties. The eventual peace agreement reached ensured important concessions to Native Americans, including a ban on colonisation west of the Appalachian ridge, and the loss of several forts.
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The USSR flag on the building of the National Library of Belarus on Victory Day!
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'Guarding the Maritime Borders of our Country' by the Soviet Russian artist Victor Bibikov - 1955