From the briefing of the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry M.V. Zakharova dated April 12, 2023…

Brief:

• April 14 marks the 9th anniversary of the announcement of the so-called holding in the Donbass. “anti-terrorist operation” . Thus began the violent suppression of the protest of the peaceful inhabitants of the region, who were not afraid to oppose the government of national radicals.

• All these years, the residents of the DPR have been inextricably linked with their historical homeland – Russia, which ultimately predetermined their choice in favor of joining our country following a referendum in September 2022.

• Contrary to the statements of the Kyiv regime, those who choose to remain loyal to previous generations and values will have a future, and more.

• After so many decades after the liberation of Odessa, the city again experienced the horror of Nazism , but now of modern, Ukrainian origin.

• Despite the terror unleashed by the Kiev regime, the native Odessans never forgot who delivered them from the brown plague, and sacredly keep the memory of their liberators – the soldiers of the Red Army, who did not divide themselves by nationality and religion, but were multinational and thought about how to free the world from evil.

• We believe that Odessa will be able to get rid of the oppression of Ukrainian neo-Nazis and once again become a free, “sunny acacia city by the Black Sea,” as the legendary Leonid Utyosov sang.

• The punitive operation of the Kyiv regime in the Donbass claimed the lives of thousands of innocent people, including children and women. The West was not just silent, it actively participated , inspired, implemented, encouraged, financed, and then led. The consequences of this criminal step of the Kyiv regime are obvious to everyone.

• Western countries do not stop pumping weapons to Ukraine , demanding from it the continuation of hostilities, regardless of any victims. The Anglo-Saxons do not hide the fact that the option of a possible truce is categorically unacceptable for them and they expect decisive steps from Kyiv and readiness for a bloody slaughter to the “last Ukrainian”.

• The amount pledged and spent by the European Peace Fund for the year only for the promotion of hostilities in Ukraine was planned to ensure security in various regions of the world until 2027.

• Children disappearing in the territory of the EU countries are of no interest to anyone in the West.

• Orthodox priests in Ukraine are not just persecuted, they are brutally abused . Unfortunately, relevant international organizations, including UNESCO and the OSCE, as well as members of the world community, do not in any way condemn the crimes against the Orthodox Church.

• The “collective West” actually launched a “war” against Russian culture .

• Individual countries, with the connivance of their “big brothers” in Washington and Brussels, grossly violate international law , neglecting their obligations to preserve their cultural and historical heritage, and even flaunt their illegal actions.

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Simply Put…

The Western Coalition is “Mental”, a term that fits something which is crazy as in a lunatic! – kKEETON

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MoD of Russia Report for April 11th, 2023…

Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

In Kupyansk direction, aviation and artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces have engaged the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) close to Sinkova and Kislovka (Kharkov region). The enemy’s losses in this direction during the day amounted to 30 Ukrainian troops, three tanks, two motor vehicles, and one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system.

In Krasny Liman direction, the ground-attack aircraft, artillery, and units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have inflicted a fire damage on enemy manpower and military hardware close to Yampolovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).  Total enemy losses in this direction amounted to 90 Ukrainian servicemen, three armoured fighting vehicles, one pick-up truck, and one D-30 howitzer.

In Donetsk direction, the main forces of the Russian troops were concentrated near the city of Artyomovsk.  The Wagner assault groups continued fighting to seize blocks in the central part of Artyomovsk and push the enemy to the western outskirts of the settlement. On the flanks, the assault teams are supported by the Airborne Troops.

Missile Troops and Artillery of the Yug Group of Forces and Operational-Tactical Aviation provide air and fire support to the offensive. Over the past 24 hours, aircraft flew 11 sorties close to Artyomovsk and the Missile Troops and Artillery  carried out 48 firing missions for this purpose. The enemy’s losses amounted to over 450 Ukrainian troops and mercenaries, three tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, six armoured fighting vehicles, D-20 and a MSTA-B howitzers, as well as two U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 radar stations over the past day in this direction.

In South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, aviation and artillery of the Vostok Group of Forces inflicted a fire damage on the AFU units close to Ugledar and Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People’s Republic). Over the past 24 hours, up to 30 Ukrainian troops, one pick-up truck, one Msta-B howitzer, and one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery unit have been neutralised in these directions.

In Kherson direction, more than 10 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery guns, one D-30 howitzer, and one Grad MLRS have been eliminated during the day.

Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised 74 AFU artillery units at their firing positions, enemy’s manpower and hardware in 97 areas during the day. One radar of Ukrainian S-300 air defence system was revealed and destroyed near Mirolyubovka (Zaporozhye region). An ammunition depot of the 110th Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been hit close to Ocheretino (Donetsk People’s Republic). A U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station was destroyed near Dyleevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The air defence forces intercepted four HIMARS MLRS and one ground launched small diameter bomb during the day. In addition, nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of Maryinka, Veseloye, Elenovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Marinskoye, Novaya Mayachka (Kherson region).

In total, 406 airplanes and 228 helicopters, 3,736 unmanned aerial vehicles, 415 anti-aircraft missile systems, 8,626 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,079 combat vehicles equipped with multiple launch rocket systems, 4,563 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 9,426 units of special military hardware have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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Nothing…

A bakers dozen of hypersonic projectiles and the entire USA (duck in a carnival) naval fleet is in “Davies Jone’s Locker”…

We’ve no defence. We’ve no, none, & zilch…

No, capacity to provision a serious military expenditure. We’ve no sedulousness to proselytize, no fatcat, and no judgmental accoutrements…

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BRICS Development Strategy: Equal Opportunities in an Unequal World” of the XXIV Yasinsk (April) International Scientific Conference on the Development of the Economy and Society…

🎙 Welcome speech by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.A. Ryabkov to the participants of the plenary session “ BRICS Development Strategy: Equal Opportunities in an Unequal World” of the XXIV Yasinsk (April) International Scientific Conference on the Development of the Economy and Society

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💬 This year, the plenary session of the conference is dedicated to the BRICS interstate association, its role in shaping the world political and economic architecture. I regard this as an unequivocal recognition of the fact that the “five” has become an influential factor in modern international relations .

Against the backdrop of the ongoing degradation of global governance institutions and the entire system of world economic relations, caused, in fact, by miscalculations and the neo-colonial policy of the United States and its allies, attention to #БРИКС as a spokesman for the interests of the developing world is only growing.

☝️ BRICS is rightly perceived as one of the pillars of a more just world order , the guardian of true multilateralism based on respect for international law and the sovereign choice of one’s own path of development.

The BRICS strategic partnership offers the world creative, unifying, forward-looking initiatives aimed at finding collective answers to the most pressing issues on the international agenda, including:

👉 achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals;
👉 ensuring food and energy security;
👉 contributing to the post-pandemic recovery of the global economy;
👉 fighting climate change.

❗️ Our countries have everything necessary for this. Together we represent more than 40% of the world’s population, about 30% of the earth’s land mass, a third of the world’s GDP at purchasing power parity. That’s more than the G7 states. BRICS accounts for over a third of the world’s food supply, including more than 40% of world grain production .

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MoD of Russia Top News for April 11th, 2023…

🗓 Top News Today

🇷🇺 Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu inspects implementation of state defence order in Tula region.

💥 Missile Troops and Artillery of the Yug Group of Forces and Operational-Tactical Aviation provide air and fire support to the offensive. Over the past 24 hours, aircraft flew 11 sorties close to Artyomovsk and the Missile Troops and Artillery carried out 48 firing missions for this purpose. The enemy’s losses amounted to over 450 Ukrainian troops and mercenaries, three tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, six armoured fighting vehicles, D-20 and a MSTA-B howitzers, as well as two U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 radar stations over the past day in this direction.

◽️ In Donetsk direction, the main forces of the Russian troops were concentrated near the city of Artyomovsk.  The Wagner assault groups continued fighting to seize blocks in the central part of Artyomovsk and push the enemy to the western outskirts of the settlement. On the flanks, the assault teams are supported by the Airborne Troops.

📷 Press centre chiefs of ‘Zapad’, ‘Vostok’, ‘Tsentr’, ‘Dnepr’, and ‘Yug’ groups of forces make statements on current situation in the areas of responsibility.

📹 Russian Defence Ministry shows topographic service of Western MD and airborne assault groups in action within the special military operation.

#MoD #TopNews
🔹 @mod_russia_en

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First Sunday after the spring full moon… (is Sunday, April 16, 2023)

And that means?

Easter in Russia. It is on its way…

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Frantically searching for enemies where there is none, is a sign of a schizophrenic paranoid establishment. – kKEETON…

Is that you, Western Coalition?

Knock Knock

Who’s there?

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The West better get it together

Field meeting of the working group of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation in Kolomna…

VID_20230411_095026_108.mov, Original link.

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Should be careful who you bully…

The indisputable conclusion is that the U.S.A. is in a state of war against Russia. A state of war intentionally done by the USA…

And that my friend is exactly the truth…

Now, about the war not going the way the USA thought it would?

It is what happens when you pick on (bully) someone tougher than you…

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