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🗓 On April 10, 1944, exactly 8️⃣0️⃣ years ago, the forces of the Third Ukrainian Front under the command of Army General Rodion Malinovsky ousted Nazi German and Romanian invaders from Odessa.
🕯 The Nazi occupation of the city lasted 907 days. During this period, approximately 200,000 people died in Odessa and in the region. Many of them fell victim to mass bloody massacres and brutal executions. About 78,000 people were deported to Germany for forced labour; plants and factories were destroyed; and over 2,000 buildings, including hospitals and schools, were blown up or burned down.
During their retreat, German and Romanian troops shot at ordinary people, including the elderly, women and children and mined the most important buildings, plants, the power station and the seaport.
⚔️ The Red Army inflicted a crushing defeat on the enemy with over 27,000 soldiers and officers killed and more than 11,000 taken prisoner. The enemy also lost 952 artillery pieces, 443 tanks and assault guns, and 97 ammunition and food depots.
The liberation of Odessa by the Red Army disrupted supplies to the German army group in Crimea and opened the way to an offensive towards the Balkans.
During the entire period of occupation, local citizens resisted the Nazis. After the city was captured, they went into catacombs. During the war, Odessa underground fighters and partisans destroyed over 5,000 enemy soldiers and officers, 248 motor vehicles, and saved about 20,000 Soviet citizens from being forcibly exported to Germany.
In honour of the liberation of Odessa, 324 artillery pieces made 24 salvoes in Moscow.
🎖 The honorable noscript of Odessa units was conferred on 27 formations and units that distinguished themselves during the operation. The noscript of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded to 14 people and over 2,000 people received Soviet orders and medals.
On May 8, 1965, Odessa was officially declared Hero City.
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🕯 The Nazi occupation of the city lasted 907 days. During this period, approximately 200,000 people died in Odessa and in the region. Many of them fell victim to mass bloody massacres and brutal executions. About 78,000 people were deported to Germany for forced labour; plants and factories were destroyed; and over 2,000 buildings, including hospitals and schools, were blown up or burned down.
During their retreat, German and Romanian troops shot at ordinary people, including the elderly, women and children and mined the most important buildings, plants, the power station and the seaport.
⚔️ The Red Army inflicted a crushing defeat on the enemy with over 27,000 soldiers and officers killed and more than 11,000 taken prisoner. The enemy also lost 952 artillery pieces, 443 tanks and assault guns, and 97 ammunition and food depots.
The liberation of Odessa by the Red Army disrupted supplies to the German army group in Crimea and opened the way to an offensive towards the Balkans.
During the entire period of occupation, local citizens resisted the Nazis. After the city was captured, they went into catacombs. During the war, Odessa underground fighters and partisans destroyed over 5,000 enemy soldiers and officers, 248 motor vehicles, and saved about 20,000 Soviet citizens from being forcibly exported to Germany.
In honour of the liberation of Odessa, 324 artillery pieces made 24 salvoes in Moscow.
On May 8, 1965, Odessa was officially declared Hero City.
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💬Ambassador Andrei Kelin to TASS news agency (April 9, 2024):
▪︎Lofty declarations by David Cameron and Stephane Sejourne regarding the Franco-British "Entente", in fact, clearly reflect their opportunistic nature.
▪︎The central notion of the British-French proclamation - that Ukraine's defeat will also be the West's loss - is puzzling.
▪︎Neither the article for the Daily Telegraph nor other statements by these officials explain what exactly this loss will entail. And this is understandable.
▪︎After all, it would be difficult to explain to ordinary readers why they should be worried about peace finally coming to Europe and their taxes no longer being wasted on keeping the corrupt Zelensky regime afloat.
▪︎Unsurprisingly, both ministers have shied away from pointing out the terrorist nature of the Kiev regime in their article. They are again trying to attribute to ISIS the responsibility for the dreadful terrorist attack in the "Crocus City Hall". They are doing their utmost to ignore the renewed shelling of the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant, which is fraught with truly catastrophic consequences for all European countries, including the UK and France.
▪︎Reading between the lines, it is crystal clear who the real “losers” would be. Not Western countries, but rather their leaders, who have made a plainly erroneous bet on supporting Kiev when it unleashed a war against Russians in its own country and against Russia itself.
▪︎They are the ones having real difficulties in extricating themselves from this situation without loss of face. Hence their desperate attempts to salvage their reputation.
❗Apparently, by simply doing more of the same in the Ukraine crisis, Tory leaders intend to refrain from realistically assessing the situation, so as to toss this "hot potato" into the hands of the future government as a source of permanent budget expenditures and reputational costs. Whether their successors will pick up the tab is, of course, up to them.
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▪︎Lofty declarations by David Cameron and Stephane Sejourne regarding the Franco-British "Entente", in fact, clearly reflect their opportunistic nature.
▪︎The central notion of the British-French proclamation - that Ukraine's defeat will also be the West's loss - is puzzling.
▪︎Neither the article for the Daily Telegraph nor other statements by these officials explain what exactly this loss will entail. And this is understandable.
▪︎After all, it would be difficult to explain to ordinary readers why they should be worried about peace finally coming to Europe and their taxes no longer being wasted on keeping the corrupt Zelensky regime afloat.
▪︎Unsurprisingly, both ministers have shied away from pointing out the terrorist nature of the Kiev regime in their article. They are again trying to attribute to ISIS the responsibility for the dreadful terrorist attack in the "Crocus City Hall". They are doing their utmost to ignore the renewed shelling of the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant, which is fraught with truly catastrophic consequences for all European countries, including the UK and France.
▪︎Reading between the lines, it is crystal clear who the real “losers” would be. Not Western countries, but rather their leaders, who have made a plainly erroneous bet on supporting Kiev when it unleashed a war against Russians in its own country and against Russia itself.
▪︎They are the ones having real difficulties in extricating themselves from this situation without loss of face. Hence their desperate attempts to salvage their reputation.
❗Apparently, by simply doing more of the same in the Ukraine crisis, Tory leaders intend to refrain from realistically assessing the situation, so as to toss this "hot potato" into the hands of the future government as a source of permanent budget expenditures and reputational costs. Whether their successors will pick up the tab is, of course, up to them.
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✍️ President Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to Russia’s Muslims on Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
💬 Over the centuries, Eid al-Fitr has come to symbolise for Muslims the joy of renewal, an aspiration to become better, and the purity of thought and deeds.
Muslims in Russia cherish the rich historical, cultural and religious traditions inherited from their ancestors. They come together as communities and families to celebrate this holiday and help those in need in keeping with their forefathers’ legacy.
☝️ Muslim organisations have been playing a proactive role in our society by undertaking important patriotic, educational and charity initiatives. They have been successful in working with the state and civil society with a focus on educating the younger generation, supporting participants and veterans of the special military operation, as well as their families. They have also been instrumental in strengthening the unity of our people and preserving inter-ethnic harmony.
💬 Over the centuries, Eid al-Fitr has come to symbolise for Muslims the joy of renewal, an aspiration to become better, and the purity of thought and deeds.
Muslims in Russia cherish the rich historical, cultural and religious traditions inherited from their ancestors. They come together as communities and families to celebrate this holiday and help those in need in keeping with their forefathers’ legacy.
☝️ Muslim organisations have been playing a proactive role in our society by undertaking important patriotic, educational and charity initiatives. They have been successful in working with the state and civil society with a focus on educating the younger generation, supporting participants and veterans of the special military operation, as well as their families. They have also been instrumental in strengthening the unity of our people and preserving inter-ethnic harmony.
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⚡️ Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on yet another attack on Russian journalists by the Armed Forces of Ukraine
💬 On April 10, Ukrainian armed units shelled the film crew of Vesti Lugansk (a regional affiliate of VGTRK). They were making a TV report in the area of the city of Kremennaya in the Lugansk People’s Republic. As a result of precision fire from the territory controlled by the Kiev regime, film crew camera operator Denis Shum was wounded in a leg, while correspondent Artyom Yundas got a concussion. Moreover, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued attacking the wounded journalists by drones.
At present, Denis Shum and Artyom Yundas are receiving required medical assistance.
👉 We qualify this incident as yet another crime by the Zelensky regime. It continues looking at domestic journalists and military correspondents as priority targets for fire and is even openly bragging about it. Ukrainian militants attack civilians – unarmed correspondents, photographers and camera operators.
Representatives of the Russian media are being hunted down with all possible means of destruction in violation of all international humanitarian norms. They are using terrorist methods of removal to implement their criminal plans with tacit approval of Ukraine’s Western curators and biased human rights structures.
▪️ Let’s recall that in the past two years, the Kiev regime cruelly murdered the following journalists: Darya Dugina (Platonova), Oleg Klokov, Vladlen Tatarsky (Maxim Fomin), Rostislav Zhuravlev and Boris Maksudov.
❗️We demand that relevant international structures resolutely denounce such actions and adopt proper response measures to the ongoing series of terrorist attacks by the Kiev clique and its agents against representatives of the domestic media.
💬 On April 10, Ukrainian armed units shelled the film crew of Vesti Lugansk (a regional affiliate of VGTRK). They were making a TV report in the area of the city of Kremennaya in the Lugansk People’s Republic. As a result of precision fire from the territory controlled by the Kiev regime, film crew camera operator Denis Shum was wounded in a leg, while correspondent Artyom Yundas got a concussion. Moreover, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued attacking the wounded journalists by drones.
At present, Denis Shum and Artyom Yundas are receiving required medical assistance.
👉 We qualify this incident as yet another crime by the Zelensky regime. It continues looking at domestic journalists and military correspondents as priority targets for fire and is even openly bragging about it. Ukrainian militants attack civilians – unarmed correspondents, photographers and camera operators.
Representatives of the Russian media are being hunted down with all possible means of destruction in violation of all international humanitarian norms. They are using terrorist methods of removal to implement their criminal plans with tacit approval of Ukraine’s Western curators and biased human rights structures.
▪️ Let’s recall that in the past two years, the Kiev regime cruelly murdered the following journalists: Darya Dugina (Platonova), Oleg Klokov, Vladlen Tatarsky (Maxim Fomin), Rostislav Zhuravlev and Boris Maksudov.
❗️We demand that relevant international structures resolutely denounce such actions and adopt proper response measures to the ongoing series of terrorist attacks by the Kiev clique and its agents against representatives of the domestic media.
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Ukrainian security services has long ago adopted terrorism as a their working tool, aimed, among other things, at increasing global confrontation. Since 2016, the Ukrainian regime has been consistently increasing the attempts to commit terrorist attacks and acts of sabotage against military and civilian sites in Russia.
When the special military operation began, the Ukrainian special services’ terrorist activity has taken on an unprecedented nature.
The attacks target the railway network and infrastructure using unmanned aircraft in the border areas and deep in the country.
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❗️ The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Defence Ministry and the Security Service of Ukraine are behind the acts of sabotage.
The strategic objective of said acts is to inflict a military-political defeat on Russia, as well as maximum economic losses.
⚠️ The barbaric murders of Russian journalists Darya Dugina and Maxim Fomin (Vladlen Tatarsky), and Prosecutor-General of the Lugansk People’s Republic Sergey Gorenko served the same purposes. This also includes attempts on the lives of writer Zakhar Prilepin, the heads of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions Yevgeny Balitsky and Vladimir Saldo, Interior Minister of the Lugansk People’s Republic Igor Kornet and First Deputy Head of the Kherson Region Vitaly Bulyuk.
👉 Considering the methods used at the level of official government bodies, the Kiev regime and the Ukrainian security services display the attributes of a terrorist entity at the government level, which is above and beyond humanistic concepts of what the state and society are all about. In fact, we are witnessing the creation of an aggressive ISIS-like terrorist regime, with the direct participation of the United States and a US-controlled pack of cronies, in the centre of Europe.
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When the special military operation began, the Ukrainian special services’ terrorist activity has taken on an unprecedented nature.
The attacks target the railway network and infrastructure using unmanned aircraft in the border areas and deep in the country.
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❗️ The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Defence Ministry and the Security Service of Ukraine are behind the acts of sabotage.
The strategic objective of said acts is to inflict a military-political defeat on Russia, as well as maximum economic losses.
⚠️ The barbaric murders of Russian journalists Darya Dugina and Maxim Fomin (Vladlen Tatarsky), and Prosecutor-General of the Lugansk People’s Republic Sergey Gorenko served the same purposes. This also includes attempts on the lives of writer Zakhar Prilepin, the heads of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions Yevgeny Balitsky and Vladimir Saldo, Interior Minister of the Lugansk People’s Republic Igor Kornet and First Deputy Head of the Kherson Region Vitaly Bulyuk.
👉 Considering the methods used at the level of official government bodies, the Kiev regime and the Ukrainian security services display the attributes of a terrorist entity at the government level, which is above and beyond humanistic concepts of what the state and society are all about. In fact, we are witnessing the creation of an aggressive ISIS-like terrorist regime, with the direct participation of the United States and a US-controlled pack of cronies, in the centre of Europe.
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❗️The terrible tragedy caused by a heinous terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall on March 22, 2024, has shocked Russia and the international community. It has also put the issue of large-scale public terror back on the agenda <...>.
The majority of countries worldwide demonstrated a natural human reaction to the tragedy, sending words of support and condolences to Russia and the Russian people.
At the same time, several hours after the tragedy, before the preliminary results of the investigation were made public and disregarding the unequivocal international condemnation of the attack, the Western media and US, UK and EU officials launched an information campaign to deny the Ukrainian security services’ involvement in that crime.
🗞 The editorial offices of the mainstream Western media were instructed to promote the version of the ISIS (forbidden in Russia) involvement in organising the attack in Krasnogorsk, to deny the possible connection between the Islamists and the Ukrainian government or Western security services, to discredit the results of investigation, and to advance various conspiracy theories about the alleged involvement of the Russian security services in the tragedy.
They were cautioned against showing sympathy and a humane attitude to the Russian people. An especially cynical part of the Western attempts to divert public attention from the real organisers and beneficiaries of the crime was the categorical instruction not to mention the real scale of the tragedy. <...>
☝️ However, the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack is far from the first terrorist attack on Russia in the recent past.
Detailed desription of the committed [2022, 2023 (1, 2), 2024] and foiled [2022, 2023 (1, 2, 3), 2024] terrorist attacks
All the facts regarding this barbaric terrorist attack will be thoroughly investigated. The masterminds, organisers, and accomplices, regardless of their whereabouts, will be identified, unmasked and will receive just punishment.
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The majority of countries worldwide demonstrated a natural human reaction to the tragedy, sending words of support and condolences to Russia and the Russian people.
At the same time, several hours after the tragedy, before the preliminary results of the investigation were made public and disregarding the unequivocal international condemnation of the attack, the Western media and US, UK and EU officials launched an information campaign to deny the Ukrainian security services’ involvement in that crime.
🗞 The editorial offices of the mainstream Western media were instructed to promote the version of the ISIS (forbidden in Russia) involvement in organising the attack in Krasnogorsk, to deny the possible connection between the Islamists and the Ukrainian government or Western security services, to discredit the results of investigation, and to advance various conspiracy theories about the alleged involvement of the Russian security services in the tragedy.
They were cautioned against showing sympathy and a humane attitude to the Russian people. An especially cynical part of the Western attempts to divert public attention from the real organisers and beneficiaries of the crime was the categorical instruction not to mention the real scale of the tragedy. <...>
☝️ However, the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack is far from the first terrorist attack on Russia in the recent past.
Detailed desription of the committed [2022, 2023 (1, 2), 2024] and foiled [2022, 2023 (1, 2, 3), 2024] terrorist attacks
All the facts regarding this barbaric terrorist attack will be thoroughly investigated. The masterminds, organisers, and accomplices, regardless of their whereabouts, will be identified, unmasked and will receive just punishment.
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8️⃣0️⃣ years ago, on April 11, 1944, the Soviet troops liberated Kerch, one of the oldest Russian cities located on the eastern tip of the Crimean Peninsula, from Nazi invaders. During the Great Patriotic War, it was the site of the most brutal fighting between the Soviet and Nazi troops; it was captured back and occupied again, but never truly surrendered.
The German troops first captured the city in November 1941, but the next month, it was liberated during the Kerch-Feodosia landing operation. In May 1942, despite the desperate resistance put up by the city’s defenders, the Nazis took Kerch again.
▪️ The invaders almost wiped Kerch off the face of the earth, destroying more than 85 percent of the buildings. The population decreased from 70,000 to 6,500 people. The anti-tank trench near the local village of Bagerovo earned a sinister reputation as a war crime scene. In November and December 1941, 7,000 people were shot and tortured there, including 245 school-age children. The Nazis cynically fed them poison during a “picnic.”
The Soviet soldiers who defended the Adzhimushkay Quarry north of Kerch went down in history as true heroes. They protected the numerous civilians, who took refuge in the catacombs. According to various estimates, from 10,000 to 15,000 people were trapped underground. The German forces laid siege to their shelter, bombed them and used poisonous gas trying to bury them alive. Almost the entire garrison of Adzhimushkay perished, but was not defeated.
🌟 In April 1944, the Soviet troops began the Crimean Offensive, which ended with the complete liberation of the peninsula from the invaders. The fact that a Soviet landing force managed to seize the bridgehead on the northeastern outskirts of Kerch in late 1943 contributed to the success.
🎖 For the outstanding heroism shown by its defenders, Kerch was awarded the honorary noscript of Hero City. More than 140 people who demonstrated exceptional courage in the battles for Kerch were awarded the noscript of Hero of the Soviet Union.
The German troops first captured the city in November 1941, but the next month, it was liberated during the Kerch-Feodosia landing operation. In May 1942, despite the desperate resistance put up by the city’s defenders, the Nazis took Kerch again.
▪️ The invaders almost wiped Kerch off the face of the earth, destroying more than 85 percent of the buildings. The population decreased from 70,000 to 6,500 people. The anti-tank trench near the local village of Bagerovo earned a sinister reputation as a war crime scene. In November and December 1941, 7,000 people were shot and tortured there, including 245 school-age children. The Nazis cynically fed them poison during a “picnic.”
The Soviet soldiers who defended the Adzhimushkay Quarry north of Kerch went down in history as true heroes. They protected the numerous civilians, who took refuge in the catacombs. According to various estimates, from 10,000 to 15,000 people were trapped underground. The German forces laid siege to their shelter, bombed them and used poisonous gas trying to bury them alive. Almost the entire garrison of Adzhimushkay perished, but was not defeated.
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⚡️ Foreign Ministry statement on personal sanctions on representatives of UK government agencies, IT sector and legal services market
❗️ We note that the British government continues its aggressive anti-Russia course, within which London has set the task of inflicting “a strategic defeat on the battlefield” on Russia, actively applying the mechanism of sanctions and conducting a subversive propaganda and information campaign.
In response to these hostile actions of the British side, a decision was made to extend Russia’s stop list to include a number of representatives of UK government agencies, IT sector and legal services market.
These are employees of British companies, in particular Micro Focus, which provide Ukrainian security agencies with software and cyberdefence services necessary to collect data in order to strike Russian troops and infrastructure. The activities of these IT companies, which are accomplices of neo-Nazis, result in the death of people and can be directed against any country whose authorities do not suit the Anglo-Saxons.
The list also includes people involved in the attempts to force economic operators in Central Asian countries to comply with illegitimate unilateral sanctions imposed by the West. The British authorities, trying stubbornly and unsuccessfully to strangle the Russian economy, are inflicting painful blows on third countries’ prosperity, inventing repressive mechanisms for their own businesses <...>.
☝️ We would like to once again stress that London’s policy of comprehensive support for Ukrainian neo-Nazis is doomed to fail and will only result in further prolongation of the conflict and new casualties among the civilians. The UK must also realise that it is counterproductive to continue the anti-Russia sanctions policy, which will inevitably receive harsh response from our side.
👉 The list of British nationals who will be denied entry to the Russian Federation
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❗️ We note that the British government continues its aggressive anti-Russia course, within which London has set the task of inflicting “a strategic defeat on the battlefield” on Russia, actively applying the mechanism of sanctions and conducting a subversive propaganda and information campaign.
In response to these hostile actions of the British side, a decision was made to extend Russia’s stop list to include a number of representatives of UK government agencies, IT sector and legal services market.
These are employees of British companies, in particular Micro Focus, which provide Ukrainian security agencies with software and cyberdefence services necessary to collect data in order to strike Russian troops and infrastructure. The activities of these IT companies, which are accomplices of neo-Nazis, result in the death of people and can be directed against any country whose authorities do not suit the Anglo-Saxons.
The list also includes people involved in the attempts to force economic operators in Central Asian countries to comply with illegitimate unilateral sanctions imposed by the West. The British authorities, trying stubbornly and unsuccessfully to strangle the Russian economy, are inflicting painful blows on third countries’ prosperity, inventing repressive mechanisms for their own businesses <...>.
☝️ We would like to once again stress that London’s policy of comprehensive support for Ukrainian neo-Nazis is doomed to fail and will only result in further prolongation of the conflict and new casualties among the civilians. The UK must also realise that it is counterproductive to continue the anti-Russia sanctions policy, which will inevitably receive harsh response from our side.
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🤝 On April 10, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland.
They had an in-depth discussion on the current situation in the zone of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, primarily the Gaza Strip. Speaking about the unfolding humanitarian disaster, the Parties reaffirmed the importance of an immediate ceasefire, safe and free access to people in need and the injured, as well as the release of hostages. Sergey Lavrov pointed out that Hamas’s attack on October 7 deserved to be condemned but could not and should not be used as a pretext for the collective punishment of millions of Palestinians.
☝️ The Officials focused on the possibility of relaunching a peaceful Palestinian-Israeli settlement after the end of the hot phase of the conflict. They emphasised the lack of alternatives to the two-state solution, which involves the establishment of a sovereign and independent State of Palestine within the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living in peace and security alongside Israel.
They also exchanged views on the overall situation in the Middle East in light of growing tensions between Israel and Lebanon, arbitrary Israeli attacks targeting Syria, and instability in the Red Sea.
They had an in-depth discussion on the current situation in the zone of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, primarily the Gaza Strip. Speaking about the unfolding humanitarian disaster, the Parties reaffirmed the importance of an immediate ceasefire, safe and free access to people in need and the injured, as well as the release of hostages. Sergey Lavrov pointed out that Hamas’s attack on October 7 deserved to be condemned but could not and should not be used as a pretext for the collective punishment of millions of Palestinians.
☝️ The Officials focused on the possibility of relaunching a peaceful Palestinian-Israeli settlement after the end of the hot phase of the conflict. They emphasised the lack of alternatives to the two-state solution, which involves the establishment of a sovereign and independent State of Palestine within the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living in peace and security alongside Israel.
They also exchanged views on the overall situation in the Middle East in light of growing tensions between Israel and Lebanon, arbitrary Israeli attacks targeting Syria, and instability in the Red Sea.
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🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, April 10, 2024)
🔹 FM Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 The situation around the Zaporozhskaya NPP
🔹 The Ukrainian crisis
🔹 International Court of Justice’s provisional measures
🔹 Western cyberattacks on Russian critical infrastructure facilities
🔹 Attacks on the Russian Embassy in Lithuania
🔹 BRICS Council on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism
🔹 Russia’s CIS chairmanship
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#ZaporozhskayaNPP
❗️Since April 7, 2024, Europe’s largest Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant has been subjected to systematic Ukrainian attacks using unmanned combat aerial vehicles.
An emergency session of the IAEA Board of Governors will soon be convened on our initiative. The issue of Ukrainian attacks on the NPP will also be raised at a UN Security Council briefing. We intend to urge specialised international organisations to recognise current developments around the Zaporozhskaya NPP and Ukraine as a whole.
#Donbass
▪️ Kiev launched its “counterterrorist operation” in Donbass almost a decade ago.
In effect, this was a civil war unleashed by Kiev against its then compatriots in the country’s southeast. People there demanded only one thing – respect for their lawful rights to speak the native tongue and teach children in it, know history and pay tribute to their heroes who saved the world from fascism almost 80 years ago.
During all these years, we have known very well and said this publicly that the accusation of Donbass of terrorism is a fake. <...> Now the UN International Court of Justice has confirmed this. <...> This verdict refuted Kiev’s main argument in justifying the war it unleashed against civilians.
🔹 FM Sergey Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 The situation around the Zaporozhskaya NPP
🔹 The Ukrainian crisis
🔹 International Court of Justice’s provisional measures
🔹 Western cyberattacks on Russian critical infrastructure facilities
🔹 Attacks on the Russian Embassy in Lithuania
🔹 BRICS Council on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism
🔹 Russia’s CIS chairmanship
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#ZaporozhskayaNPP
❗️Since April 7, 2024, Europe’s largest Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant has been subjected to systematic Ukrainian attacks using unmanned combat aerial vehicles.
An emergency session of the IAEA Board of Governors will soon be convened on our initiative. The issue of Ukrainian attacks on the NPP will also be raised at a UN Security Council briefing. We intend to urge specialised international organisations to recognise current developments around the Zaporozhskaya NPP and Ukraine as a whole.
#Donbass
▪️ Kiev launched its “counterterrorist operation” in Donbass almost a decade ago.
In effect, this was a civil war unleashed by Kiev against its then compatriots in the country’s southeast. People there demanded only one thing – respect for their lawful rights to speak the native tongue and teach children in it, know history and pay tribute to their heroes who saved the world from fascism almost 80 years ago.
During all these years, we have known very well and said this publicly that the accusation of Donbass of terrorism is a fake. <...> Now the UN International Court of Justice has confirmed this. <...> This verdict refuted Kiev’s main argument in justifying the war it unleashed against civilians.
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🗓 On April 12, 2024, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will take part in the 7th Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Russia and Central Asia Countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), to be held in Minsk on the sidelines of the CIS Foreign Ministers Council Meeting.
The meeting participants will discuss the implementation of agreements reached following the 1st Russia – Central Asia Summit on October 14, 2022, in Astana.
There are plans to exchange views on key international and regional issues. The Ministers will also conduct a separate discussion of environmental issues and prospects for cooperation in this important sphere.
The meeting participants will discuss the implementation of agreements reached following the 1st Russia – Central Asia Summit on October 14, 2022, in Astana.
There are plans to exchange views on key international and regional issues. The Ministers will also conduct a separate discussion of environmental issues and prospects for cooperation in this important sphere.
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🎙️Embassy Comment on the fifth anniversary of Julian Assange’s detention in the United Kingdom
▪︎Mr Assange’s treatment bears all the hallmarks of deliberate politically motivated persecution. He has served the full sentence for an offence under British legislation a long time ago. However he is still held in extremely harsh conditions of solitary confinement in a prison designed for most dangerous criminals. Largely due to this the Wikileaks founder’s health is known to have deteriorated to a critical point.
▪︎Thus there appear to be clear signs of a violation of a number of recognised rights and freedoms of Mr Assange. The deficiencies in his case are glaring. In case of extradition to the United States further gross violations of his rights are likely.
▪︎More generally, everything seems to have been done so that Mr Assange’s example would dissuade other human rights defenders once and for all from shining a spotlight on war crimes by the USA and its allies.
▪︎Mr Assange’s fate remains an indelible stain on the reputation of the United Kingdom and its partners across the Atlantic. It clearly demonstrates their true attitude towards universally recognised human rights and democratic values. Obviously, these concepts are of value to London and Washington only when they can be instrumentalised to put pressure on countries that do not want to play along with the rules imposed by the US and the UK.
▪︎We remain hopeful that efforts by lawyers of the Wikileaks founder will ultimately succeed, and that the situation will be resolved favourably for Mr Assange and his family.
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Five years have passed since British police arrested Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the Embassy of Ecuador in London on April 11, 2019. Since then, he has been continuously detained at the Belmarsh high-security prison.
Meanwhile Kafkaesque proceedings are dragging on in British courts following demands to extradite Mr Assange to the United States.
▪︎Mr Assange’s treatment bears all the hallmarks of deliberate politically motivated persecution. He has served the full sentence for an offence under British legislation a long time ago. However he is still held in extremely harsh conditions of solitary confinement in a prison designed for most dangerous criminals. Largely due to this the Wikileaks founder’s health is known to have deteriorated to a critical point.
▪︎Thus there appear to be clear signs of a violation of a number of recognised rights and freedoms of Mr Assange. The deficiencies in his case are glaring. In case of extradition to the United States further gross violations of his rights are likely.
▪︎More generally, everything seems to have been done so that Mr Assange’s example would dissuade other human rights defenders once and for all from shining a spotlight on war crimes by the USA and its allies.
▪︎Mr Assange’s fate remains an indelible stain on the reputation of the United Kingdom and its partners across the Atlantic. It clearly demonstrates their true attitude towards universally recognised human rights and democratic values. Obviously, these concepts are of value to London and Washington only when they can be instrumentalised to put pressure on countries that do not want to play along with the rules imposed by the US and the UK.
▪︎We remain hopeful that efforts by lawyers of the Wikileaks founder will ultimately succeed, and that the situation will be resolved favourably for Mr Assange and his family.
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⚡️ Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on the successful launch of the Angara A5 carrier rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome marking Cosmonautics Day
🚀 The day before Russia’s Cosmonautics Day, Russia successfully launched its brand new Angara A5 space rocket carrying the Orion upper stage and a mass simulator. Importantly, this was the first Angara A5 launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. The rocket’s successful launch has confirmed the Russian Federation’s status as a leading space power that fully ensures its sovereignty in terms of space launches from its territory.
✅ We reaffirm our commitment to the exclusively peaceful use of space. We advocate the progressive development of space-related science and technology, and equal and mutually beneficial cooperation with all interested parties in the exploration and use of near-Earth space for peaceful purposes.
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🚀 The day before Russia’s Cosmonautics Day, Russia successfully launched its brand new Angara A5 space rocket carrying the Orion upper stage and a mass simulator. Importantly, this was the first Angara A5 launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. The rocket’s successful launch has confirmed the Russian Federation’s status as a leading space power that fully ensures its sovereignty in terms of space launches from its territory.
✅ We reaffirm our commitment to the exclusively peaceful use of space. We advocate the progressive development of space-related science and technology, and equal and mutually beneficial cooperation with all interested parties in the exploration and use of near-Earth space for peaceful purposes.
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🎙Комментарий Посла России в Великобритании А.В.Келина информагентству ТАСС
💬А.В.Келин:
▪︎Вызывает недоумение центральный тезис британо-французского воззвания – будто поражение Украины станет и проигрышем Запада. В чем конкретно будет выражаться этот проигрыш, ни в статье, ни в других высказываниях этих министров не объясняется. Ведь не скажешь же рядовым читателям, чем плохо то, что в Европе, наконец, наступит мир, а их налоги впредь не будут уходить на подпитку коррумпированного режима В.Зеленского.
▪︎Если читать «между строк», предельно ясно, что в проигрыше окажутся не западные страны, а только представители их руководства, которые сделали заведомо ошибочную ставку на помощь Киеву, сделавшему огромную ошибку, когда тот развязал войну против русских в своей стране и против России. Вот им действительно будет сложно выйти из ситуации без потери лица.
▪︎Неудивительно, что министры так и не сподобились указать на террористическую сущность киевского режима. Опять пытаются списать ответственность за чудовищный теракт в «Крокус Сити Холле» на ИГИЛ. Стараются не замечать возобновившихся обстрелов ЗАЭС, чреватых по-настоящему катастрофическими последствиями для всех европейских стран, включая Британию и Францию.
▪︎Судя по всему, сохраняя ставки в украинском кризисе, правительство тори уже не осмелиться реалистично оценить ситуацию, а попросту перебросит эту «горячую картофелину» будущему правительству – в качестве источника перманентных бюджетных расходов и имиджевых издержек.
▪︎Впрочем, насколько такой «подарок» нужен их преемникам – решать им самим.
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Пафосные рассуждения мининдел Великобритании Д.Кэмерона и Франции С.Сежурне о британо-французской «Антанте» на деле носят абсолютно конъюнктурный характер.
Они свидетельствуют не о самоценности двустороннего партнерства для Лондона и Парижа, а об их совместном заискивании перед американскими законодателями, которых европейские союзники пытаются убедить и далее бросать деньги в топку украинского кризиса.
💬А.В.Келин:
▪︎Вызывает недоумение центральный тезис британо-французского воззвания – будто поражение Украины станет и проигрышем Запада. В чем конкретно будет выражаться этот проигрыш, ни в статье, ни в других высказываниях этих министров не объясняется. Ведь не скажешь же рядовым читателям, чем плохо то, что в Европе, наконец, наступит мир, а их налоги впредь не будут уходить на подпитку коррумпированного режима В.Зеленского.
▪︎Если читать «между строк», предельно ясно, что в проигрыше окажутся не западные страны, а только представители их руководства, которые сделали заведомо ошибочную ставку на помощь Киеву, сделавшему огромную ошибку, когда тот развязал войну против русских в своей стране и против России. Вот им действительно будет сложно выйти из ситуации без потери лица.
▪︎Неудивительно, что министры так и не сподобились указать на террористическую сущность киевского режима. Опять пытаются списать ответственность за чудовищный теракт в «Крокус Сити Холле» на ИГИЛ. Стараются не замечать возобновившихся обстрелов ЗАЭС, чреватых по-настоящему катастрофическими последствиями для всех европейских стран, включая Британию и Францию.
▪︎Судя по всему, сохраняя ставки в украинском кризисе, правительство тори уже не осмелиться реалистично оценить ситуацию, а попросту перебросит эту «горячую картофелину» будущему правительству – в качестве источника перманентных бюджетных расходов и имиджевых издержек.
▪︎Впрочем, насколько такой «подарок» нужен их преемникам – решать им самим.
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🎙️Комментарий Посольства в связи с пятой годовщиной взятия Дж.Ассанжа под стражу в Великобритании
▪︎В обращении с Дж.Ассанжем налицо все признаки целенаправленного преследования по политическим мотивам. Срок наказания за имевшее место нарушение британского законодательства он отбыл уже давно. Однако до сих пор содержится в крайне тяжелых условиях одиночного содержания в учреждении, предназначенном для особо опасных преступников. Известно, что во многом из-за этого состояние здоровья основателя «Викиликс» доведено до критической точки. При этом есть серьезные сложности с обеспечением медицинского ухода.
▪︎Налицо явные признаки попрания целого ряда общепризнанных прав и свобод Дж.Ассанжа. Ни для кого не является секретом порочность содержательной стороны его дела. В случае экстрадиции в США вероятны дальнейшие грубые нарушения его прав. По сути, сделано все, чтобы пример Дж.Ассанжа раз и навсегда отбил у других правозащитников желание проливать свет на военные преступления США и их союзников.
▪︎Судьба Дж.Ассанжа остается несмываемым пятном позора на репутации британцев и их заокеанских партнеров. Наглядно демонстрирует их истинное отношение к международно признанным правам человека и демократическим ценностям. Очевидно, что эти понятия имеют значение для Лондона и Вашингтона лишь в тех случаях, когда могут использоваться в качестве инструмента давления на государства, не желающие играть по правилам англосаксов.
▪︎Надеемся, что усилия адвокатов основателя «Викиликс», в конечном счете, возымеют действие, и ситуация разрешится благополучно для Дж.Ассанжа и его семьи.
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Вот уже пять лет прошло с тех пор, как 11 апреля 2019 года основатель «Викиликс» Дж.Ассанж был арестован британской полицией на территории посольства Эквадора в Лондоне.
С тех пор он беспрерывно содержится в тюрьме строгого режима «Белмарш».
Одновременно в здешних судах тянется кафкианский процесс, связанный с требованием выдать Дж.Ассанжа в руки американской юстиции.
▪︎В обращении с Дж.Ассанжем налицо все признаки целенаправленного преследования по политическим мотивам. Срок наказания за имевшее место нарушение британского законодательства он отбыл уже давно. Однако до сих пор содержится в крайне тяжелых условиях одиночного содержания в учреждении, предназначенном для особо опасных преступников. Известно, что во многом из-за этого состояние здоровья основателя «Викиликс» доведено до критической точки. При этом есть серьезные сложности с обеспечением медицинского ухода.
▪︎Налицо явные признаки попрания целого ряда общепризнанных прав и свобод Дж.Ассанжа. Ни для кого не является секретом порочность содержательной стороны его дела. В случае экстрадиции в США вероятны дальнейшие грубые нарушения его прав. По сути, сделано все, чтобы пример Дж.Ассанжа раз и навсегда отбил у других правозащитников желание проливать свет на военные преступления США и их союзников.
▪︎Судьба Дж.Ассанжа остается несмываемым пятном позора на репутации британцев и их заокеанских партнеров. Наглядно демонстрирует их истинное отношение к международно признанным правам человека и демократическим ценностям. Очевидно, что эти понятия имеют значение для Лондона и Вашингтона лишь в тех случаях, когда могут использоваться в качестве инструмента давления на государства, не желающие играть по правилам англосаксов.
▪︎Надеемся, что усилия адвокатов основателя «Викиликс», в конечном счете, возымеют действие, и ситуация разрешится благополучно для Дж.Ассанжа и его семьи.
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🎙️Интервью Посла России в Великобритании А.В.Келина телеканалу Россия 24, 11 апреля 2024 года
💬А.В.Келин:
▪︎Обстановка изменилась не только на поле боя, но и в настроениях людей и в Европе, и даже в Британии. Тем не менее мининдел Великобритании Д.Кэмерон продолжает твердить, что Украина должна победить Россию. Либо надо быть слепым и глухим, либо очень бояться признать ошибочность своей политической линии в последние годы. Думаю, дело именно в этом.
▪︎Британия подчеркивает, что свою роль видит, прежде всего, в мобилизации усилий западного лагеря по содействию Киеву. Здесь Лондон и Париж соперничают: кто громче крикнет, ведь собственные возможности в плане предоставления украинцам военной помощи Британия во многом исчерпала.
▪︎В Великобритании уже не первый месяц на все лады муссируется тема «неминуемого» вооруженного конфликта. Речь идет собственно о банальном стремление силового блока, влиятельных отставников и стоящего за ними бизнеса добиться увеличения госрасходов на оборонные нужды.
▪︎Присутствие британских военных специалистов на Украине не является секретом. Лондон признает дежурство там, например, сил спецопераций. Известно о вовлеченности британцев в планирование и подготовку операций ВСУ, в т.ч. диверсий на территории России.
▪︎Из [наших] контактов с рядовыми англичанами следует, что никакой угрозы со стороны России они, разумеется, не видят и не чувствуют.
▪︎В британской прессе регулярно появляются слухи об отставке премьер-министра Р.Сунака. Внутрипартийная турбулентность, подогреваемая спекуляциями о готовящихся «заговорах», для тори характерна, особенно в последние годы. Но среди консерваторов многие действительно недовольны провалами правительства.
▪︎С марта 2022 г. Лондон методично идет по деструктивному, прежде всего, для собственной экономики пути сворачивания торгово-экономических отношений с нашей страной. Денонсация Советско-Британского соглашения о ловле рыбы в водах Баренцева моря - ответная мера.
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💬А.В.Келин:
▪︎Обстановка изменилась не только на поле боя, но и в настроениях людей и в Европе, и даже в Британии. Тем не менее мининдел Великобритании Д.Кэмерон продолжает твердить, что Украина должна победить Россию. Либо надо быть слепым и глухим, либо очень бояться признать ошибочность своей политической линии в последние годы. Думаю, дело именно в этом.
▪︎Британия подчеркивает, что свою роль видит, прежде всего, в мобилизации усилий западного лагеря по содействию Киеву. Здесь Лондон и Париж соперничают: кто громче крикнет, ведь собственные возможности в плане предоставления украинцам военной помощи Британия во многом исчерпала.
▪︎В Великобритании уже не первый месяц на все лады муссируется тема «неминуемого» вооруженного конфликта. Речь идет собственно о банальном стремление силового блока, влиятельных отставников и стоящего за ними бизнеса добиться увеличения госрасходов на оборонные нужды.
▪︎Присутствие британских военных специалистов на Украине не является секретом. Лондон признает дежурство там, например, сил спецопераций. Известно о вовлеченности британцев в планирование и подготовку операций ВСУ, в т.ч. диверсий на территории России.
▪︎Из [наших] контактов с рядовыми англичанами следует, что никакой угрозы со стороны России они, разумеется, не видят и не чувствуют.
▪︎В британской прессе регулярно появляются слухи об отставке премьер-министра Р.Сунака. Внутрипартийная турбулентность, подогреваемая спекуляциями о готовящихся «заговорах», для тори характерна, особенно в последние годы. Но среди консерваторов многие действительно недовольны провалами правительства.
▪︎С марта 2022 г. Лондон методично идет по деструктивному, прежде всего, для собственной экономики пути сворачивания торгово-экономических отношений с нашей страной. Денонсация Советско-Британского соглашения о ловле рыбы в водах Баренцева моря - ответная мера.
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🚀 On April 12, 1961, at 09:07 Moscow time, the Vostok spacecraft with pilot-cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on board blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, marking the beginning of the space age in the history of mankind.
Yuri Gagarin spent 108 minutes in space, making a complete orbit around the Earth, and successfully landed near the village of Smelovka in the Saratov Region.
While in orbit, he maintained radio contact with Earth, made observations through a porthole, controlled the operation of the ship's systems, and carried out simple experiments.
📰 Even his wife did not know about this feat. The news about Yuri's flight came out only 55 minutes after the launch of the Vostok rocket, becoming the most quoted report in the world. Overnight, the Soviet citizen became the most famous man on Earth.
Two days later, many thousands of people with flowers and welcome posters took to the streets of Moscow, honouring the cosmonaut who had arrived in the capital. At the end of April, our compatriot went on a foreign tour, travelling through more than 30 countries in two years, where he was welcomed as a hero.
💬 Sergey Lavrov: For billions of people around the world, Yuri Gagarin continues to serve as an example of heroism and selflessness, inspiring them to overcome any obstacles in pursuit of the most ambitious and noble goals (Minister's video message on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's space flight).
Gagarin's flight embodied the triumph of Soviet science and technology and was of crucial importance for further development of space exploration and the mankind.
🌐 In 1968, the 61st General Conference of the International Aviation Federation decided to celebrate April 12 as the World Day of Aviation and Astronautics, and in 2011, at the initiative of Russia, the UN General Assembly proclaimed April 12 as the International Day of Human Space Flight.
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Yuri Gagarin spent 108 minutes in space, making a complete orbit around the Earth, and successfully landed near the village of Smelovka in the Saratov Region.
While in orbit, he maintained radio contact with Earth, made observations through a porthole, controlled the operation of the ship's systems, and carried out simple experiments.
📰 Even his wife did not know about this feat. The news about Yuri's flight came out only 55 minutes after the launch of the Vostok rocket, becoming the most quoted report in the world. Overnight, the Soviet citizen became the most famous man on Earth.
Two days later, many thousands of people with flowers and welcome posters took to the streets of Moscow, honouring the cosmonaut who had arrived in the capital. At the end of April, our compatriot went on a foreign tour, travelling through more than 30 countries in two years, where he was welcomed as a hero.
💬 Sergey Lavrov: For billions of people around the world, Yuri Gagarin continues to serve as an example of heroism and selflessness, inspiring them to overcome any obstacles in pursuit of the most ambitious and noble goals (Minister's video message on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's space flight).
Gagarin's flight embodied the triumph of Soviet science and technology and was of crucial importance for further development of space exploration and the mankind.
🌐 In 1968, the 61st General Conference of the International Aviation Federation decided to celebrate April 12 as the World Day of Aviation and Astronautics, and in 2011, at the initiative of Russia, the UN General Assembly proclaimed April 12 as the International Day of Human Space Flight.
#CosmonauticsDay
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