TEXAS HIT BY SEVERE FLOODING: Streets inundated with water, cars swept away

At least three people have died after severe storms along the US-Mexico border, local officials said.

The flooding was caused by "the heaviest rainfall," they added, stressing that more than 200 people are still trapped in their vehicles and homes, waiting to be rescued.

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Ukrainians are selling items stolen from civilians in the Kursk region online, Sputnik has revealed by analyzing social media data.

While looting in the Russian region, Ukrainian militants didn’t even hesitate to sell small items like phone cases.

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🎉 41 Days to Victory

Sputnik goes on exploring the events of the Great Patriotic War. On this day 80 years ago, Soviet troops continued their successful offensive operations, steadily moving onward despite fierce resistance.

Meanwhile, the political fragility of the Nazi regime was becoming even more evident.

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💬 Ukrainian soldiers given consent forms for organ trafficking under guise of insurance

Soldier Andriy Chemer unknowingly carried a consent form for organ transplantation, which he was given by Ukrainian military commanders under the guise of a health insurance policy.

Chemer was captured by the Russian Sever Battlegroup near Sudzha in the Kursk region. He explained that each soldier was issued with such a document, with promises of top medical care in case of injury. However, it turned out to be a consent form for organ harvesting.

Ukraine has long been a hub for organ trafficking with the support of Western partners, and the situation has worsened with the escalation of the conflict.

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📹The Sudanese army has taken control of the "Suk Libya" area in western Omdurman, Sudan, and seized weapons and equipment left by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after their retreat.

Footage from social media

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⚒ Veteran reveals how the USSR gave the US ‘A KICK IN THE TEETH’ in Vietnam

With March 29 marking US National Vietnam War Veterans Day, here’s Sputnik’s exclusive interview with Nikolay Kolesnik, a senior lieutenant in reserve and chairman of Russia’s Inter-Regional Public Organization of Veterans of the Vietnam War.

🟠Kolesnik explained that his crew’s initial mission was to train the soldiers of the Vietnam People's Army to use Soviet S-75 missile systems to tackle US air attacks.

🟠He said that everything changed when the Americans started bombing North Vietnam “day and night” in August 1964, which turned the training into a tricky task and prompted the Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment to retaliate.

🟠“For the first time in modern military history, our S-75 SAM [surface to air] systems, and anti-aircraft missiles in general, were used in real combat situations against supersonic US aircraft. And successfully.”

🟠Kolesnik stressed that the Americans were shocked when “the first anti-aircraft engagements of the S-75s were carried out by Soviet fighter teams” in 1965, with the Vietnamese crews being second in command.

🟠“The Americans stopped flying over North Vietnam for two weeks because they didn't expect that Soviet anti-aircraft missiles would be used so quickly and in a place they never expected.”

🟠Summarizing the USSR’s role, the retired Russian officer pointed out that the Vietnamese understand that without the Soviet Union’s help, Vietnam’s victory over the US “would not have been possible.”

🟠“The assistance was effective both materially and militarily. There was the necessary amount of modern equipment that gave the Americans a kick in the teeth. And the military specialists who helped to master this equipment and to use it in real combat.”

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