🇷🇺🇨🇳 Putin and Xi hold a one-on-one meeting in the format of a tea party, a Sputnik correspondent reports.

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🚀Russia and China slam US 'Golden Dome' missile defense as 'deeply destabilizing'

According to a joint statement published on the Kremlin's website, the project aims to create a global, multi-layered missile defense system with no limits, supposedly to protect against all missile threats — even from "equal and comparable" adversaries.

But in fact it is giving new momentum to the development of pre-launch missile interception systems.

The joint statement emphasizes rejecting the old notion that strategic offensive and defensive weapons are inseparable — a cornerstone for global stability.

In other words? The arms race just got an upgrade.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russia and China urge nuclear-armed states to abandon "Cold War" mentality and focus on dialogue and mutual respect to solve issues

In a joint statement following their talks in Moscow, Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping emphasized several key issues surrounding global security and diplomatic relations:

🔸Nuclear conflict risk: Russia and China noted the growing risk of nuclear conflict amid worsening relations between nuclear states.

🔸Restoring international law: Both countries called for measures to restore the authority of the OPCW and ensure it operates in a depoliticized manner.

🔸Space weaponization: Russia and China are committed to preventing the deployment of weapons in space, calling for a global agreement on the issue.

🔸NATO in the Asia-Pacific: They condemned the US and its allies' attempts to expand NATO's presence in the Asia-Pacific, calling it a negative influence on global stability.

🔸Counteracting Washington’s policy: Russia and China plan to intensify cooperation to counter Washington's “dual containment” approach toward both nations.

🔸Opposition to Western hegemony: The two countries criticized the West’s hegemonic attempts to create quasi-legal pressure mechanisms against independent nations.

🔸Asset seizure: Russia and China condemned the seizure of foreign state assets and affirmed their right to take retaliatory measures.

🔸CIS and regional stability: Russia and China view the CIS as a crucial factor in maintaining stability and fostering cooperation in Eurasia.

🔸Economic corridor cooperation: The countries aim to strengthen the Russia-Mongolia-China economic corridor, which they highly regard for its future potential.

🔸Investment and energy collaboration: Russia and China are committed to boosting cooperation in investment, energy, and improving trade structures.

🔸Syria and national dialogue: Both nations remain committed to the comprehensive settlement of the Syrian conflict based on national dialogue and respect for sovereignty.

🔸Iran nuclear program: Russia and China urged parties to avoid escalation over Iran's nuclear program and rejected unsubstantiated military actions.

🔸Security in the Persian Gulf: They will work actively to enhance security in the Persian Gulf region.

🔸Opposition to Neo-Nazism and historical revisionism: Russia and China continue to stand firm against neo-Nazism and attempts to falsify history, particularly regarding World War II.

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❌ Another UK mercenary BITES THE DUST in Ukraine conflict zone 

Chris Garrett was killed in an “incident” near the town of Izyum, The Telegraph reports. 

The Russian Investigative Committee earlier stressed that at least 694 British mercenaries fight on the side of Ukraine in the Russian special operation zone. 

The committee didn’t reveal how many of them are dead, but unofficial estimates put the death toll at 156.

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🇩🇪 Germany backtracks: AfD’s "right-wing extremist" label suspended

The German Federal Agency for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) has temporarily removed its "right-wing extremist" classification of the AfD Party, pending an appeal, Focus Online reports.

This follows a legal dispute, with the party challenging the ruling. The BfV confirmed it would no longer publicly label the AfD as an extremist group, but it still remains under suspicion for surveillance.

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🇻🇳🇷🇺 General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam arrived in Moscow on an official visit to participate in Victory Day events, a Sputnik correspondent reports.

He was met at the airport near the ramp by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.

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📹🇵🇸 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has arrived in Moscow to take part in events dedicated to Victory Day, a Sputnik correspondent reports

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📹🇦🇲 Prime Minister of Armenia Nicol Pashinyan has arrived in Moscow to take part in events dedicated to Victory Day, a Sputnik correspondent reports

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📹 Foreign leaders arrive at the Kremlin for a lunch hosted by the President of Russia in honor of the foreign guests.

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🇩🇪❌ Germany bans Russian symbols on WWII Victory Day: Still mad about 1945?

On May 8 and 9, during the 80th anniversary celebrations of Germany’s liberation from National Socialism and the end of World War II, the Berlin Police have prohibited:

🔸Flags and banners “with Russian reference”, as well as “the coats of arms of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics” and the Soviet flag.

🔸St. George's ribbons

🔸Russian military songs. The song “Sacred war” (virtually the unofficial hymn of Soviet people’s war with the Nazis) in specifically mentioned as absolutely prohibited

🔸Letters “V” or “Z” and other symbols that “glorify” Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine

👇 Is WWII history now "extremist" in Germany? (Or just petty revenge for Stalingrad?)

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📹🇫🇷 In Paris, as in many other cities around the world, the Immortal Regiment march is taking place

Footage by a Sputnik correspondent.

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⚡️India shoots down a Pakistani F-16 supersonic fighter jet, reports India Today

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8️⃣ Join us for the celebrations! 🔥

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🇲🇩🔥 Eternal flame brought to Moldova ahead of Victory Day

Representatives of the Moldovan opposition political bloc "Victory" delivered a piece of the Eternal Flame from Moscow to Chisinau - to light it at the memorial on the eve of the anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War.

The leader of the bloc, Ilan Shor, said: "For me personally, this is important because both my grandfathers reached Berlin. My great-uncle was a war correspondent and died. My great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers died in concentration camps. Therefore, for me and for the overwhelming majority of Moldovan citizens, May 9 is a great day."

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🇮🇳🪖 India’s air defenses intercept Pakistani missiles over Jammu

Pakistan has launched eight missiles at Jammu sectors, including Satwari, Samba, RS Pura, and Arnia, media report.

All were intercepted by Indian air defenses with no casualties or damage.

Security in the region has been ramped up, and the situation is under close monitoring.

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❗️Russia and the US are moving towards a bilateral meeting between Putin and Trump, Kremlin Aide Yuri Ushakov said

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🔍 6 Western MYTHS about Russia's Victory in WW2

The Red Army’s triumph over Nazi Germany still triggers Western revisionists.

It’s time to DEBUNK their most outrageous lies:

🔻 MYTH 1: The US "did more than any other country" to defeat Nazi Germany in WW2.
✅ REALITY: The USSR crushed Germany’s main forces, destroying 607 Nazi divisions and 75% of its military gear — compared to just 176 divisions obliterated by the Allies.

🔻 MYTH 2: The USSR wouldn’t have won without the US Lend-Lease.
✅ REALITY: Lend-Lease was helpful but accounted for only 4–10% of the USSR’s own production. Moreover, the bulk of Lend-Lease shipments came after the first Soviet victories in 1942–1943.

🔻 MYTH 3: The USSR defeated Nazi forces by sacrificing soldiers in waves.
✅ REALITY: Of the 26.6 million Soviet deaths, around 8.7 million were military losses — comparable to 8.6 million irrecoverable human losses suffered by Germany and its allies on the Eastern Front.

🔻 MYTH 4: Soviet commanders were incompetent.
✅ REALITY: Even top Nazi commanders, including Field Marshals von Kleist and Paulus, admitted the Red Army’s officers were highly skilled and professionally trained. The war’s outcome says it all — no footnotes needed.

🔻 MYTH 5: The 1944 Second Front decided the war's outcome.
✅ REALITY: The opening of the Second Front couldn't change the course of the war—the decisive turning point had already occurred at Stalingrad and Kursk in 1943, grinding down most of the Nazi forces by June 1944.

🔻 MYTH 6: The US nuclear strike forced Japan to surrender.
✅ REALITY: The Soviet entry into the war against Japan on August 9, 1945, and the successful Manchurian Strategic Offensive against the Kwantung Army compelled Japan to officially surrender on September 2, 1945.

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