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Russia's arms pact with Iran: Moscow pledges fighter jets and air defenses to Tehran including advanced missiles capable of shooting down US and Israeli stealth planes​

• Russia has been supplying weapons and knowledge to Iran as it heads into war
• The Kremlin is escalating a strategic alliance between the two, experts say
• The deals have seen drones and anti-aircraft weapons delivered to Tehran

Moscow pledges fighter jets and air defenses to Iran amid conflict

A strategic alliance between the two hostile nations has experts fearing Iran is growing in capabilities as it barrels towards war and the crisis in the Middle East deepens.

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Kiev Thwarts Largest Prisoner Exchange

Amid the ongoing heavy battles on the frontlines, the warring sides are in contact for negotiations on some humanitarian...

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Military Situation On Ukrainian Frontlines On April 16, 2024 (Map Update)

The local Deputy survived assassination attempt in the Akimovka district in the Zaporozhie region; Russian missiles struck Starokonstantinov airfield in...

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“I think that Zelensky has finally come to the realization as the new mistress that the United States is never going to leave its wife, despite all the promises that Joe Biden has given, all of the late-night dinners and the hotel rooms,” Sleboda mused. “It's all gone wrong… there's a bit of envy."

Zelensky Green With Envy as West Comes to Aid of Israeli Ally

The dramatic show of Western force in defense of Israel against Iran’s retaliatory strike this weekend apparently led to some envy from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to security analyst Mark Sleboda.

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Scholz's Visit to China: Beijing 'Will Be Laughing at Germany's Self-Destructive Policies'

Olaf Scholz’s visit to China was likely meant to accomplish two goals, says Gunnar Beck, MEP from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and the current vice president of the European Parliament’s Identity and Democracy Group.

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FBI Wanted to Install Backdoor to Spy on Users, Telegram Founder Tells Tucker Carlson

Durov earlier revealed that the ex-Fox News anchor had set up an official Telegram channel for his Tucker Carlson Network, urging the public to “keep an eye on the announcements there.”

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Tucker Carlson interviews perhaps second most famous Russian, Pavel Durov
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New Order From Ukraine's Top General Reveals Scale of Sabotage and Desertion in Army

The Kiev regime’s soldiers sabotage army orders, refuse to fire their weapons and desert, revealed an order on strengthening discipline signed by Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces of Ukraine Olexandr Syrsky.

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Rape during the occupation of Germany
that with his discovery that Soviet troops also raped Soviet and Polish girls and women that were liberated from Nazi concentration camps as well as those who were held for forced labour at farms and factories. The rapes were often perpetrated by rear echelon units.

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The majority of the assaults were committed in the Soviet occupation zone; estimates of the numbers of German women raped by Soviet soldiers have ranged up to 2 million. According to historian William Hitchcock, in many cases women were the victims of repeated rapes, some as many as 60 to 70 times.

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Wretched Misconduct of the Red Army
The lawless Red Army looted, killed, and raped its way through Germany, fueled by revenge and alcohol.

In terms of the overall scale of the crime, there was nothing like it elsewhere in Germany. Comparison to the “surprisingly high” incidence of rape in areas overrun by the U.S. Army was superficial at best. In terms of intensity and brutality, only French colonial troops from Morocco matched the Red Army’s rapacity. During the initial occupation of Baden and Württemburg, they subjected German women to the same indiscriminate sexual assaults seen in the East. Although the Soviet Union was not alone in committing sexual crimes against German women, it did so with a vastness unmatched elsewhere in World War II.

Wretched Misconduct of the Red Army

The lawless Red Army looted, killed, and raped its way through Germany, fueled by revenge and alcohol.

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‘The Russian soldiers raped every German female from eight to 80’
"Red Army soldiers don't believe in 'individual liaisons' with German women," wrote the playwright Zakhar Agranenko in his diary when serving as an officer of marine infantry in East Prussia. "Nine, ten, twelve men at a time - they rape them on a collective basis."

The subject of the Red Army's mass rapes in Germany has been so repressed in Russia that even today veterans refuse to acknowledge what really happened. The handful prepared to speak openly, however, are totally unrepentant.

One can only scratch at the surface of the psychological contradictions. When gang-raped women in Königsberg begged their attackers afterwards to put them out of their misery, the Red Army men appear to have felt insulted. "Russian soldiers do not shoot women," they replied. "Only German soldiers do that." The Red Army had managed to convince itself that because it had assumed the moral mission to liberate Europe from fascism it could behave entirely as it liked, both personally and politically.

Comment: note the immediate above - history is said to repeat itself.

‘The Russian soldiers raped every German female from eight to 80’

Antony Beevor, author of the acclaimed new book about the fall of Berlin, on a massive war crime committed by the victorious Red Army

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Russia-Ukraine war | Russia's next target: Ukraine's Chasiv Yar | Latest News | WION​

 

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Witnesses say 'it felt like an earthquake' when blast rocked Britain's only (?) ammunition factory as 'shell exploded'​

• Blast at BAE Systems plant in Glascoed, Monmouthshire as 'shell' explodes
• Emergency services rush to scene as incident unit is established on site

Witnesses describe 'earthquake' as 'shell' explodes at ammo factory

The blast took place at the BAE Systems base in Glascoed, Monmouthshire shortly before 10.50am. MailOnline understands the explosion relates to a shell going off at the filling factory.

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House Republicans unveil aid bills for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan as Johnson pushes forward​

The three bills would provide

• $26.4 billion to support Israel,
• $60.8 bill to bolster Ukraine and
• $8.1 billion to counter China in the Indo-Pacific,
• including billions for Taiwan.

House Republicans unveil aid bills for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan as Johnson pushes forward

House Republican leadership on Wednesday unveiled three bills that are part of a complicated plan by Speaker Mike Johnson to approve more foreign aid.

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Get Hired, Then Die: Ukraine Seeking Out Mercenary Recruits in South Korea

Ukraine recently attempted to recruit mercenaries in South Korea, according to materials obtained by Sputnik. However, the results of the recruits falls short of expectations.

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Former Ukrainian MP sees Zelensky turning into 'usurper' after his term expires​

 

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Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine's desperate move to recruit more troops | Gravitas | WION | World News​

How thousands of Ukrainian men are trying to dodge the conflict | Ukraine War​

 

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BLOODSHED IN BAKHMUT: Fearless Fighters in Ukraine's Deadliest Meat Grinder | WELT Documentary​

 

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Ukrainian/NATO Military Dealt Heavy Blow To Russian Air Defense In Crimea

On the night of April 17, the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the close-in support of the NATO military launched...

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Xi Jinping buries Zelensky's peace plan, puts German Chancellor Scholz in place
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Kiev Forces Takes Heavy Losses In Fresh Wave Of Strikes As It Suffers On Frontlines (Videos, Photos)

Kiev forces sustained on April 17 heavy human and material losses as a result of a fresh wave of strikes...

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Military Situation In Ukraine On April 17, 2024 (Map Update)

The AFU attacked an airfield in Dzhankoy with reportedly 12 ATACMS tactical missiles; Russian strikes destroyed a hotel in Chernihiv,...

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• A BBC investigation suggests more than 50,000 Russian soldiers have died in the war in Ukraine.
• Researchers from the BBC and the independent Russian website Mediazona studied burial sites and other evidence.
• The Kremlin does not disclose official figures.
• The war also continues to claim many Ukrainian lives.
• The latest Russian missile strike has killed 17 people and injured at least 70 more.
• Ukraine’s President Zelensky called on his country’s allies to offer the same support as they have shown to Israel.
• A $49 billion proposed new aid package is due to be voted on in Washington in the coming days.

 

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Russia's long history of neo-Nazis​

What has received less coverage is the Putin regime’s own record of collaboration with far-right extremists. Even as Russian diplomats condemned “fascists” in the Baltic states and Kremlin propagandists railed against imaginary “Ukronazis” in power in Kyiv, the Russian state was cultivating its own homegrown Nazis.

Russia's long history of neo-Nazis

The Russian state’s long history of cultivating homegrown neo-Nazis

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German spying: Two suspected spies arrested in Bavaria​

German spying: Two suspected spies arrested in Bavaria

The German-Russian nationals are suspected of planning to sabotage German military help for Ukraine.

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Zelensky assassination plot arrest in Poland: Man is held for 'passing on airport details to Russian security services planning to kill Ukrainian president'​

• Suspect has been arrested after joint investigation between Poland and Ukraine

Man arrested on suspicion of facilitating Zelensky assassination plot

Paweł K faces up to eight years in prison after he was detained in Poland and charged with 'reporting his readiness to act for foreign intelligence'.

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Kiev Forces Launch Yet Another Attack On Zaporizhzhia NPP

Kiev forces launched a drone at the training center of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) again, but the attack failed,...

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German atrocities committed against Soviet prisoners of war

During World War II, Soviet prisoners of war (POWs) held by Nazi Germany and primarily in the custody of the German Army, were starved and subjected to deadly conditions. Of nearly six million that were captured, around three million died during their imprisonment.

In June 1941, Germany and its allies invaded the Soviet Union and carried out a war of extermination with complete disregard for the laws and customs of war. Among the criminal orders issued before the invasion was the execution of captured Soviet commissars. Although Germany largely upheld its obligations under the Geneva Convention with prisoners of war of other nationalities, military planners decided to breach it with the Soviet prisoners. By the end of 1941, millions of Soviet soldiers had been captured, mostly in large-scale encirclement operations during the German Army's rapid advance. Two-thirds of them died from starvation, exposure, and disease by early 1942—ranking as one of the highest death rates from mass atrocity in history.

The deaths among Soviet prisoners of war were numerically exceeded only by the (civilian) Jews and has been called "one of the greatest crimes in military history".

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The Unspeakable Things Nazis Did To Captured Female Soldiers​

Lyudmila Pavlichenko - The Extraordinary Sniper

 

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US Was Mad at Israel For Not Warning About Its Plan to Attack Iranian Consulate in Syria - Report

US officials were angry that Israel launched an aggressive attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria on April 1 without first consulting Washington, the US media reported, citing US and Israeli officials.

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US Benefits From Energy Price Hikes, Unlike Europe - IMF Chief

A recent spike in energy prices benefited the US economy but harmed Europe, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday.

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Watch: Ukrainian PoW Sheds Light on Ukrainian Army's Grim Reality

Russian forces have been making rapid and steady military gains throughout the front lines of the special military operation zone. Russia's success is confirmed not only by the fact that the troops have secured better ground in various areas, but also by the ever-increasing number of...

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Anti-Establishment German Politician Touts Opposition to Ukraine War, Skepticism of Immigration

Sahra Wagenknecht is finding success in questioning German politics’ pieties and sacred cows.

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EU Increased Purchases of Russian Fertilizers to a Maximum Since December 2022

In February, the European Union increased imports of Russian fertilizers to €167 million ($177 million), maximum since December 2022. Purchases from Belgium grew the most, according to Sputnik’s calculations based on the European statistics.

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The Zelensky Curse: How Aid to Ukraine May Deep-Six Another House Speaker

House Speaker Mike Johnson has introduced aid bills for Israel, Ukraine, and the Indo-Pacific, with voting scheduled to take place on either Friday night or Saturday. Several House Republicans have indicated their intention to oust the speaker from his position.

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West Losing Proxy War Against Russia, Politico Admits

The tabloid news outlet delivers a tour de force in war propaganda while admitting the outlook for the Western client state is bleak.

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In Video: Missiles Hit MiG-29 Fighter Jets, S-300 Air Defense System In Ukraine’s Dnepropetrovsk

The Russian military has carried out a devastating missile attack against a Ukrainian air base and nearby air defense site...

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Lavrov: West's Fixation on Inflicting Strategic Defeat on Russia Reflects Agony & Hysteria

The West's statements about the impending loss of its influence and the restructuring of the world by Russia and its partners reflect an understanding of the ongoing formation of a new and just world order, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

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G7 comes for Putin, Ayatollah and Xi: Ukraine to receive frozen Russian assets to fund 'game-changing' war chest, Iran is hit with more sanctions over Israel attack and China is warned to stop arming Vladimir's forces​

• The meeting came hours after Israel appeared to strike an Iranian air base

G7 comes for Putin, Ayatollah and Xi

The meeting came hours after Israel appeared to strike a major air base and a nuclear site near the Iranian city of Isfahan - a response to Tehran's unprecedented drone-and-missile assault

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Moment one of Putin's £228million nuclear bombers tailspins to the ground while on fire over Russia after being blasted by Ukrainian missile​

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