The Red Army had already taken Berlin, however, a part of the USSR was still occupied by the Nazis.
On May 2, 1945, Soviet troops completed the operation to capture the capital of Germany. The once mighty Third Reich was one step away from complete disappearance from the map of Europe and it is all the more surprising that part of the USSR was still under Nazi control at the time.
Western Latvia (Courland) remained occupied - in October 1944, troops of the Army Group ‘North’ were cut off from the main forces. The Germans turned the region into an impregnable fortress, effectively supplying the besieged group by sea and successfully suppressing repeated attempts by the Red Army to destroy it.
Only after signing the act of surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945, did the enemy stop resisting. Forty-two generals and 189 thousand soldiers and officers of Wehrmacht and SS troops surrendered to the Soviet army.
Before the arrival of the Red Army, several thousand Germans managed to evacuate to their homeland or escaped in improvised transports to Sweden. Many of the Latvian collaborators who found themselves in the “cauldron” went into the forests to wage guerrilla warfare against the Soviets. Some of these so-called “forest brothers” operated in the Baltics until the early 1950s.
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On May 2, 1945, Soviet troops completed the operation to capture the capital of Germany. The once mighty Third Reich was one step away from complete disappearance from the map of Europe and it is all the more surprising that part of the USSR was still under Nazi control at the time.
Western Latvia (Courland) remained occupied - in October 1944, troops of the Army Group ‘North’ were cut off from the main forces. The Germans turned the region into an impregnable fortress, effectively supplying the besieged group by sea and successfully suppressing repeated attempts by the Red Army to destroy it.
Only after signing the act of surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945, did the enemy stop resisting. Forty-two generals and 189 thousand soldiers and officers of Wehrmacht and SS troops surrendered to the Soviet army.
Before the arrival of the Red Army, several thousand Germans managed to evacuate to their homeland or escaped in improvised transports to Sweden. Many of the Latvian collaborators who found themselves in the “cauldron” went into the forests to wage guerrilla warfare against the Soviets. Some of these so-called “forest brothers” operated in the Baltics until the early 1950s.
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What China Is Really Playing at in Ukraine
Beijing is fully aware the NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine is the un-dissociable double of the U.S. war against its Belt and Road Initiative.
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Beijing is fully aware the NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine is the un-dissociable double of the U.S. war against its Belt and Road Initiative.
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What China Is Really Playing at in Ukraine
Imagine President Xi Jinping mustering undiluted Taoist patience to suffer through a phone call with that warmongering actor in a sweaty T-shirt in Kiev while attempting to teach him a few facts of
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Attacks with planning bombs on the warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region
Russian aviation uses "smart" bombs FAB-500M62.
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Vladimir Putin - at the launch ceremony of tram traffic in Mariupol:
"More than ten kilometers of track are being put into operation today. Of course, this is only a small fraction, because there were almost a hundred kilometers of tram tracks in the city but this is just the beginning. Subsequently, we will develop the transport infrastructure of the city, including increasing the number of routes and updating a passenger transportation system.
All this is only part of a large–scale work, as I have already said, which, despite all the difficulties, is already being actively carried out both in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, in the Donbas: roads, housing, education, healthcare and energy facilities are being built and repaired here, industrial and agricultural production is being established. Of course, we will continue to consistently and systematically resolve all these issues, to ensure that life in the cities and towns of these regions returns to normal."
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"More than ten kilometers of track are being put into operation today. Of course, this is only a small fraction, because there were almost a hundred kilometers of tram tracks in the city but this is just the beginning. Subsequently, we will develop the transport infrastructure of the city, including increasing the number of routes and updating a passenger transportation system.
All this is only part of a large–scale work, as I have already said, which, despite all the difficulties, is already being actively carried out both in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, in the Donbas: roads, housing, education, healthcare and energy facilities are being built and repaired here, industrial and agricultural production is being established. Of course, we will continue to consistently and systematically resolve all these issues, to ensure that life in the cities and towns of these regions returns to normal."
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Donetsk earlier today when I walked through the centre.
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The Russian Armed Forces destroy the remnants of Ukrainian air defence with group strikes of Lancet kamikaze drones
MOSCOW, May 3 — RIA Novosti. The Russian Armed Forces are using group strikes of Lancet kamikaze drones to destroy the remnants of Ukrainian air defence systems, an informed source told RIA Novosti.
"To destroy the remnants of Ukraine's long-range anti-aircraft missile systems, such as the S-300PS and S-300V, for example, the Russian military uses the tactics of concentrated group strikes, when up to a dozen Lancet loitering ammunition can be used in one raid," the agency's interlocutor said. .
He explained that such tactics make it possible to guarantee the most effective destruction of the S-300 family of systems, which include a large number of vehicles — both missile launchers and command posts, radars and other equipment.
In early April, another informed source told RIA Novosti that almost half of the foreign towed and self-propelled howitzers in the special operation zone were destroyed with the help of Lancets.
Loitering ammunition "Lancet" was developed by ZALA AERO. They can hit targets at ranges of several tens of kilometres. Drones carry warheads weighing three or five kilograms of different types, depending on the type of target being hit. In the Izdeliye-52 version, such a drone is equipped with two X-shaped wings and is able to dive almost vertically; in the Izdeliye-51 version, the drone is equipped with one large X-shaped wing.
Both variants of loitering ammunition are used to strike at Ukrainian troops. Typical targets for such drones are howitzers, air defence systems, various radars, MLRS combat vehicles, command and observation posts, and accumulations of manpower.
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MOSCOW, May 3 — RIA Novosti. The Russian Armed Forces are using group strikes of Lancet kamikaze drones to destroy the remnants of Ukrainian air defence systems, an informed source told RIA Novosti.
"To destroy the remnants of Ukraine's long-range anti-aircraft missile systems, such as the S-300PS and S-300V, for example, the Russian military uses the tactics of concentrated group strikes, when up to a dozen Lancet loitering ammunition can be used in one raid," the agency's interlocutor said. .
He explained that such tactics make it possible to guarantee the most effective destruction of the S-300 family of systems, which include a large number of vehicles — both missile launchers and command posts, radars and other equipment.
In early April, another informed source told RIA Novosti that almost half of the foreign towed and self-propelled howitzers in the special operation zone were destroyed with the help of Lancets.
Loitering ammunition "Lancet" was developed by ZALA AERO. They can hit targets at ranges of several tens of kilometres. Drones carry warheads weighing three or five kilograms of different types, depending on the type of target being hit. In the Izdeliye-52 version, such a drone is equipped with two X-shaped wings and is able to dive almost vertically; in the Izdeliye-51 version, the drone is equipped with one large X-shaped wing.
Both variants of loitering ammunition are used to strike at Ukrainian troops. Typical targets for such drones are howitzers, air defence systems, various radars, MLRS combat vehicles, command and observation posts, and accumulations of manpower.
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Источник: российские военные уничтожают остатки украинской ПВО "Ланцетами"
Вооруженные силы России для уничтожения остатков украинских систем ПВО применяют групповые удары дронов-камикадзе "Ланцет", рассказал РИА Новости... РИА Новости, 03.05.2023
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Ukraine withholding counteroffensive details from allies
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Kyiv is holding close the details of its spring counteroffensive in an attempt to prevent the leak of sensitive information that could compromise its positions on the battlefield, according to two European officials who are in touch with military leaders in Ukraine.
The officials said their Ukrainian counterparts have cited the alleged leak of the classified documents from Massachusetts Air Guardsman JACK TEIXEIRA as one of the reasons Kyiv is holding back from sharing counteroffensive information, including its timing, where and how many troops they plan to move into position for the operation.
The spilled documents included detailed information about the war in Ukraine, such as the position of Kyiv’s troops, its weapons stockpiles and casualty estimates. In the days following the leak, U.S. officials scrambled to assure Ukraine and other allies in Europe that it was putting protections in place to prevent a similar breach from happening in the future.
But officials in Kyiv are still on high alert. While Ukraine is still likely sharing some basic intelligence with the U.S. and other European countries that have supported it with weapons over the past year, officials inside the country are working to prevent the widespread dissemination of details related to battlefield planning, the European officials said.
A Ukrainian lawmaker, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive deliberations, said that top officials in Kyiv also had withheld details about the counteroffensive from other politicians inside the capital.
“There are only a few people in the country that know the plan,” the lawmaker said.
A U.S. defense official said there hasn’t been any change and that Washington and Kyiv still have the same level of information-sharing. There have been no signs of Ukraine keeping anything from the U.S., the official continued.
National Security Council spokesperson JOHN KIRBY, asked by NatSec Daily if the administration feared being kept in the dark by the Ukrainians, said silence ahead of the launch wouldn’t be a surprise. “They don’t have an obligation to notify us or tell us in advance,” he told reporters Monday, adding “oftentimes we certainly do have a sense because we’re in daily communication with them.”
The U.S. still supports Ukrainian operations with real-time information and intelligence, Kirby continued. “What we’re focused on is not whether we get some sort of heads up. We’re focused on making sure that they have everything they need for when they’re ready to go.
Other Biden administration officials insist that Ukraine has never been fully open with the United States about its military plans. While Washington and Kyiv are in close touch, they naturally don’t share everything, and so there was never an expectation that Ukraine would call up the White House and say the counteroffensive begins on X day at Y time.
“They’ve been stingy with information from the beginning,” a U.S. official said.
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Kyiv is holding close the details of its spring counteroffensive in an attempt to prevent the leak of sensitive information that could compromise its positions on the battlefield, according to two European officials who are in touch with military leaders in Ukraine.
The officials said their Ukrainian counterparts have cited the alleged leak of the classified documents from Massachusetts Air Guardsman JACK TEIXEIRA as one of the reasons Kyiv is holding back from sharing counteroffensive information, including its timing, where and how many troops they plan to move into position for the operation.
The spilled documents included detailed information about the war in Ukraine, such as the position of Kyiv’s troops, its weapons stockpiles and casualty estimates. In the days following the leak, U.S. officials scrambled to assure Ukraine and other allies in Europe that it was putting protections in place to prevent a similar breach from happening in the future.
But officials in Kyiv are still on high alert. While Ukraine is still likely sharing some basic intelligence with the U.S. and other European countries that have supported it with weapons over the past year, officials inside the country are working to prevent the widespread dissemination of details related to battlefield planning, the European officials said.
A Ukrainian lawmaker, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive deliberations, said that top officials in Kyiv also had withheld details about the counteroffensive from other politicians inside the capital.
“There are only a few people in the country that know the plan,” the lawmaker said.
A U.S. defense official said there hasn’t been any change and that Washington and Kyiv still have the same level of information-sharing. There have been no signs of Ukraine keeping anything from the U.S., the official continued.
National Security Council spokesperson JOHN KIRBY, asked by NatSec Daily if the administration feared being kept in the dark by the Ukrainians, said silence ahead of the launch wouldn’t be a surprise. “They don’t have an obligation to notify us or tell us in advance,” he told reporters Monday, adding “oftentimes we certainly do have a sense because we’re in daily communication with them.”
The U.S. still supports Ukrainian operations with real-time information and intelligence, Kirby continued. “What we’re focused on is not whether we get some sort of heads up. We’re focused on making sure that they have everything they need for when they’re ready to go.
Other Biden administration officials insist that Ukraine has never been fully open with the United States about its military plans. While Washington and Kyiv are in close touch, they naturally don’t share everything, and so there was never an expectation that Ukraine would call up the White House and say the counteroffensive begins on X day at Y time.
“They’ve been stingy with information from the beginning,” a U.S. official said.
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Ukraine withholding counteroffensive details from allies
A Ukrainian lawmaker said that top officials in Kyiv also had withheld details about the counteroffensive from other politicians inside the capital.
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Patrushev: the preservation of Ukraine as a state is not included in the plans of the United States
MOSCOW, May 3 — RIA Novosti. The preservation of Ukraine as a state is not part of the US plans, said Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Russian Security Council, in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper.
In his opinion, the United States needs Ukraine "only as an object of merciless exploitation of existing natural resources without a traditional population."
“Following such a neo-Nazi line, Washington has already turned it into a territory that millions of people are leaving en masse, seeking protection abroad from socio-economic problems and pro-fascist oppression,” Patrushev said.
According to him, "30 years of upheavals organized by Washington in Ukraine have led to a halving of the population."
"And today, the White House easily goes to continue the war with Russia to the last Ukrainian. At the same time, the preservation of Ukraine as a state is not included in the plans of the United States," the Secretary of the Security Council concluded.
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MOSCOW, May 3 — RIA Novosti. The preservation of Ukraine as a state is not part of the US plans, said Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Russian Security Council, in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper.
In his opinion, the United States needs Ukraine "only as an object of merciless exploitation of existing natural resources without a traditional population."
“Following such a neo-Nazi line, Washington has already turned it into a territory that millions of people are leaving en masse, seeking protection abroad from socio-economic problems and pro-fascist oppression,” Patrushev said.
According to him, "30 years of upheavals organized by Washington in Ukraine have led to a halving of the population."
"And today, the White House easily goes to continue the war with Russia to the last Ukrainian. At the same time, the preservation of Ukraine as a state is not included in the plans of the United States," the Secretary of the Security Council concluded.
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Сохранение Украины как государства не входит в планы США, заявил Патрушев
Сохранение Украины как государства не входит в планы США, заявил секретарь Совета безопасности России Николай Патрушев в интервью газете "Известия". РИА Новости, 03.05.2023
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⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️The Federal Security Service (FSB) exposed agents of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine who were planning a series of terrorist attacks in Crimea. 7 detainees were found to have 5 ready-to-use bombs.
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! D. Petranov, who delivered explosives to Crimea, a citizen of Ukraine and Bulgaria, was detained by the FSB.
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Dangerous in a bunch: FSB exposed a network of Ukrainian agents in Russia
Through what channels did they supply explosives to the country and who were they planning to assassinate?
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Опасные в связке: ФСБ разоблачила сеть украинских агентов в России
По каким каналам они поставляли в страну взрывчатку и на кого готовили покушения
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"As former police officer Viktor Podvalny said during interrogations, he made a deal with the GUR, since his two sons, who live in Ukraine, are hiding from mobilization. So that they would not be taken into the army, he himself went to Mashovets and offered cooperation. The recruitment took place in Krakow, Poland. He got in touch with his curators on Mondays and Fridays - on a phone specially issued for this purpose using a VPN. Then it was Podvalny who recruited the rest of the group."
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❗️Ukrainian 'Terror Cell' Plotted Assassinations & Mass Attacks
From President Vladimir Zelensky, his intel chief, to a yacht off the coast of Crimea filled with explosives...
... 🇷🇺's Security Services have uncovered an intricate operation to allegedly bring down Crimean officials and target infrastructure.
RT's Igor Zhdanov looks at terrorist cell, and the investigation that brought them down.
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From President Vladimir Zelensky, his intel chief, to a yacht off the coast of Crimea filled with explosives...
... 🇷🇺's Security Services have uncovered an intricate operation to allegedly bring down Crimean officials and target infrastructure.
RT's Igor Zhdanov looks at terrorist cell, and the investigation that brought them down.
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Former US Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder: Why the world did not support anti-Russian sanctions.
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