🟥 On April 30, 1945, during the storming of the #Reichstag, the very first Red Banner was installed on the building's facade by 20-year-old Rakhimzhan #Qoshqarbaev and 19-year-old Grigory #Bulatov.

🎖 For the heroism shown during the battle, they were both awarded the Order of the Red Banner. Monuments to the heroes were erected in their hometowns.

📄 Excerpts from the Report of the Russian Foreign Ministry "Human rights situation in Ukraine" (2023):

Perpetuating the memory of the Nazis at the legislative level

⚠️ Including decisions on celebrating memorable dates and anniversaries of Ukrainian Nazi collaborators in the resolutions that are adopted annually by the Verkhovnaya Rada of Ukraine is among notable manifestations of Kiev’s state policy to “preserve national memory”.

❗️ In addition, in 2018, the Verkhovnaya Rada approved the slogan of the OUN nationalists “Glory to Ukraine! Glory to heroes!” which is a copy of the infamous Nazi salute, for use as a salute in the army and law enforcement agencies.

The anniversaries of the following Nazi collaborators were put on the calendar of memorable dates and anniversaries:

- Vladimir Kubiyovich – initiator of the SS Galicia Division;
- Ivan Poltavets-Ostryanitsa - participant of massacres of Jews;
- Vasiliy Levkovich - commander of the Bug Military District as part of the UPA;
- Ulas Samchuk - published anti-Semitic articles calling for killing Jews;
- Vasiliy Sidor - participant of punitive operations;
- Andrey Melnik - organiser of mass killings of Jews;
- Alexander Vyshnivskiy - organiser of the SS Galicia Division;
- Yaroslav Starukh - organiser of Jewish pogroms;
- Vasiliy Galas - one of OUN leaders, organiser of Jewish pogroms.

The Ministry of Education and Science has been instructed to conduct lessons and awareness raising events. Commemorative coins and postage stamps in honour of these individuals will be issued.

👎 The Verkhovnaya Rada adopted a resolution on celebrating memorable dates and anniversaries, included the 80th anniversary of the creation of the UPA and the 110th anniversary of Stepan Bandera’s ally Yaroslav Stetsko, 130th anniversary of SS Galicia Division member Porfiriy Silenko-Kravets and 130th anniversary of Yury Polyanskiy, who was the burgomaster of Lvov under the Nazis and was directly involved in the killings of Jews and Poles.

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⚡️ Last night, the Kiev regime attempted a drone strike against the residence of the President of the Russian Federation at the Kremlin.

Two unmanned aerial vehicles targeted the Kremlin. Timely action by the military and special services involving radar systems enabled them to disable the devices.

They crashed in the Kremlin grounds, scattering fragments without causing any casualties or damage.

⚠️ We consider these actions a premeditated terrorist attack and an assassination attempt targeting the President, carried out ahead of Victory Day and the May 9 Parade, where foreign guests are expected to be present, among others.

The President has not suffered in this terrorist attack. His working schedule remains unchanged and follows its ordinary course.

❗️ Russia reserves the right to take countermeasures wherever and whenever it deems appropriate.

🗓 The Russian Federation’s UN Security Council Presidency concluded on April 30.

Despite the Western delegations’ efforts to escalate tensions at the Security Council, we managed to ensure the effective work of this critical UN body.

❗️ The above period was marked by a number of key events sponsored by our country:

• Security Council open debate on April 10 on “Risks stemming from violations of the agreements regulating the export of weapons and military equipment”.

• The Security Council’s high-level open debate on April 24 noscriptd “Effective multilateralism through the defence of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations” chaired by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was the second central event.

• Other milestone events include the quarterly open ministerial debates on April 25 on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue, which were chaired by Sergey Lavrov as well.

On April 5, the Russian delegation held an informal Arria-formula Security Council meeting on evacuating children from the special military operation zone.

☝️ During the Russian presidency, the events envisaged by the Security Council April reporting and mandate cycles were carried out in full.

🇷🇺🇺🇳 During its Presidency, Russia operated on the premise of the importance of reaffirming the Security Council’s role as an effective tool for coordinating efforts to find answers to threats to international peace and security.

29 апреля представители Посольства возложили цветы к памятнику 16 советским воинам, похороненным на кладбище Хауг близ г.Хёнефосс.

29. april nedla ambassadeansatte blomster til minnesmerket over 16 sovjetiske soldater begravet på Haug kirkegård ved Hønefoss.

⚡️ Foreign Ministry statement on the attempted terrorist attacks against the Moscow Kremlin – the residence of the President of the Russian Federation

❗️ The Foreign Ministry firmly condemns the attempted terrorist attacks against the Moscow Kremlin on the night of May 3, when it was targeted by unmanned aerial vehicles.

There is no doubt that the Kiev regime is behind these attacks. It has a long-standing record of intentionally supporting and employing terrorist methods against civilian infrastructure and civilians, including the October 8, 2022, explosion on the Crimean Bridge, strikes against non-military targets in the Bryansk, Belgorod and Rostov regions, as well as many acts of sabotage. Now comes Moscow.

This crime is aggravated by the fact that the Moscow Kremlin serves as the residence of the Head of State. What makes the actions of the neo-Nazi Ukrainian authorities especially cynical is that they made an attempt to assassinate the President of Russia ahead of Victory Day and the May 9 Parade. <...>

☝️ Crimes like this cannot go unanswered. The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case into actions designed to intimidate and terrorise people, inflict damage and kill people as a means of influencing the decision-making process by government agencies. We are certain that those who bear the blame for these acts will be identified. They will face imminent and inevitable punishment.

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The silence on behalf of the collective West demonstrates its connivance with the terrorist methods employed by the neo-Nazi extremist regime in Kiev.

The Foreign Ministry believes that the international community and international organisations which are free from double standards and seek guidance from international law must condemn this new criminal undertaking by the Kiev regime. <...>

❗️ The Foreign Ministry reaffirms that Russia reserves the right to take countermeasures in response to these outrageous acts of terrorism.

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⚡️ Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the attack on the Russian Consulate in Mariehamn

💬 In the early hours of May 1, 2023, an act of vandalism was committed against the Russian Consulate in the city of Mariehamn on the Aland Islands, Finland. A group of people threw an explosive noise device and other items into the grounds of the Russian diplomatic mission.

The Consulate building has been damaged. The culprits’ actions posed a direct threat to the life and health of the Russian diplomatic mission’s personnel.

The Russian Embassy in Helsinki sent a note to the Foreign Ministry of Finland, demanding that the necessary measures be taken to bring those responsible for the offence to account and that the due level of security be ensured for the staff and the property of the Russian Consulate on the Aland Islands.

❗️ We assume that Finland will comply with its international obligations in full, including a special duty to take all appropriate steps to protect the consular premises against any intrusion or damage and to prevent any disturbance of the peace of the consular post or impairment of its dignity, as specified in Paragraph 3, Article 31 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963.