🇺🇸🤡 U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham having vivid dreams again, as he tries to channel his inner Hitler.

"You will be at war with NATO," - Isn't that what's already happening?

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🇨🇭🇷🇺Switzerland joins EU countries on restrictions on exports of high-tech products to Russia -TASS

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🇷🇺Maria Zakharova on the latest sanctions package: "The EU extended the ban on the export of luxury cars to Russia, as well as on all electric and hybrid cars, including used ones?

I wonder how this fits in with their own message about inflicting a "strategic defeat on Russia and containing China"? It can't lead to anything, except for the inevitable growth of the domestic auto industry, including the use of Chinese components.

We liked the experiment with cheese. Now we need a good auto industry".

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🇺🇦🤡 "The time lost in convincing our partners to provide the necessary weapons is reflected in the specific Russian fortifications built during this period" - Podolyak

According to Podolyak the West is to blame for the failures in the Ukrainian counteroffensive. It took to much time to persuade NATO to give them weapons.

Also a question for Podolyak... If the counteroffensive is not a Netflix series, then why did you film a trailer for it and did a whole social media PR campaign?

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🇷🇺❌🇵🇱 An offering from Dmitry Medvedev:

"Polish scum named "Duda" offered to shoot Russia like a rabid beast.

And who else hopes to negotiate with such bastards?

It makes no sense. And a patron for such shit is a pity. In the 18th century, this creature would have simply been brought to Red Square and severely executed by quartering. But we are humanists. Let's take revenge differently."

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🇺🇦⚔️🇷🇺The Russians have built a defense in southern Ukraine that is difficult for the Armed Forces to overcome, said Alexander Syrsky, commander of the Ground Forces, in an interview with The Guardian.

“The Russians are trying to seize the initiative. So the situation is really difficult. We should not underestimate the enemy. He has foreseen and continues to foresee our most dangerous movements and builds strong defenses there, which are quite difficult for us to overcome.

In short, the process is underway. Everyone draws conclusions, and no one wants to be held twice in the same way," Syrsky said.

According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have not yet committed their main forces to the battle.

“Everyone wants to achieve a big victory instantly and immediately. And so do we. But we must be prepared for the fact that this process will take some time, because a lot of forces are concentrated on each side, a lot of equipment and a lot of artificial obstacles. I want to say, that our main forces have not yet participated in the battles, and we are now looking for, probing for weaknesses in the enemy’s defense. Everything is still ahead," Syrsky said.

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🇷🇺 A pontoon crossing was set up after yesterday's "Storm Shadow" hits on Chongar bridge. Satellite images from Planet Labs.

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🇺🇸🤡 Another day, another Biden meltdown. The self-propelled Grandfather issued a set of words about democracy and the population of India: ㅤ

"India is now the most populous country, it is now the most populous country in the world... It's a democracy. We understand exactly what... we have... that's where the genius and foundation of our people [Americans] lies. It's diversity, talent and the traditions that make up the strength of our nation. It's because of democracy ."

Seemingly Biden thinks India is part of the United States...God help us...

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🇷🇺🇦🇿🇦🇲 "Russia calls on Baku to fully unblock traffic along the Lachin corridor," - Russian Foreign Ministry.

"Moscow will continue active efforts to resolve the situation around the Lachin corridor in contacts with Baku and Yerevan," the ministry said.

The Foreign Ministry also stated that the Russian Federation notes the importance of rhythmic work on the delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and is ready to provide the necessary assistance.

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🇺🇦🚀🇷🇺 "The Chongar bridge is damaged much more seriously than we thought."

"In the next 15-20 days, research work will be carried out on the Chongarsky bridge, it is still unsuitable for movement," the Acting Governor of the Kherson region said.

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On an emotional visit to St Petersburg I was privileged to visit “Dom Radio” a beautiful building once the home of Soviet Radio and recital rooms, now a community arts centre. During WW2 The city of Leningrad as St Petersburg was then known, suffered an horrific siege which lasted 2 years, 4 months, 2 weeks and 5 days. During this time the citizens of Leningrad suffered medieval levels of suffering and cruelty at the hands of the besieging Nazi forces. Over 1.5 million souls died in the city from starvation, indiscriminate bombing and disease, the same number were evacuated many of whom were murdered while fleeing the city, the majority being women and children. During the siege Many artists shared all the hardships of the siege with the people. The poetess Olga Bergholz wrote poems and read them on the radio, becoming a friend for exhausted Leningraders, a consolation, confirmation that people “must hold on” Musical Comedy players continued to entertain though themselves on the verge of evacuation, Athletes held a legendary siege football match, all this so that the people of Leningrad, and most importantly, the bridging German forces who hoped to break the spirit of the people, would know that the city lived, resisted and hoped.

In the spring of 1942, a call was announced on the radio for all musicians in the city to come to the orchestra of the Radio Committee to prepare the premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony conducted by Karl Eliasberg.

The conductor of the Eliasberg symphony, who had weakened so badly he had to been brought to the first rehearsals on a sled by his wife, pianist Nadezhda Bronnikova insisted on making the journey despite being near death from starvation, despite having nothing left but the love of their people and the music which sustained them.

Shostakovich dedicated his famous symphony, borne of the suffering he shared with his ordinary fellow citizens, to the “Fight against Fascism” legendary courage from an icon of the arts. Still loved by the people to this day.