My comrade and I decided to lay down our arms and leave. We were intimidated by our commander. They intimidated us, saying… Azov fighters would shoot you.’

RT Documentary’s exclusive footage shows war prisoners who served in Unit 3057 of the National Guard of Ukraine in the city of Mariupol.

The prisoners explain why they decided to lay down their arms and said Russian servicemen treated them “better than the Ukrainian army.”

This interview will be included in a new RT Documentary film. So don’t miss the premiere.

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“DEPLORABLE”: Pope apologizes to Canada’s indigenous group for residential school abuses

Seven years after Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission urged a direct apology from the Vatican for the Catholic church’s role in “cultural genocide” of some 4,000 indigenous residential school children, the Pope has issued one.

First Nations representatives also demanded reparations, land returns and more assistance in searching for unmarked graves during meetings this week.

The Pope also plans to visit Canada in June after his admission for the Church’s shame and guilt.

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German Chemicals Giant to Shut Down if Russian Gas not Delivered

The Ludwigshafen plant – the largest chemical site in the world - which employs almost 40,000 people, would have to shut down if gas supplies were to be cut in half, Michael Vassiliadis, chemical trade union chairman, told German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemein.

The report points out that the chemicals industry cannot run without oil and gas, and without the sector the economy stops, as people are heavily reliant on it in their everyday lives.

Moscow and the EU are currently at loggerheads regarding payment for future gas deliveries, as Brussels rejected Moscow’s demand of payments in rubles. The Kremlin says currencies like the dollar and the euro have been compromised by the sanctions and Russia will not deliver gas for free.

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NATO should have been dissolved in 1991 – China

“As a product of the Cold War, NATO should have become history when the Soviet Union disintegrated,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spox Zhao Lijian said.

NATO expanded eastwards in Europe for decades, in violation of promises made to the Soviet leadership, Zhao said. This pushed Russia “into a corner step by step,” so ultimately, NATO was “the initiator and biggest promoter of the Ukraine crisis” on behalf of the US, the FM stated.

Moscow cited the threat posed by NATO’s creeping expansion into Ukraine as a key reason why it attacked the country in late February. Beijing agreed with the justification, even if it criticized the use of military force.

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What is this 'Triple Lock' Varadkar wants to abolish? It is a policy that says the Irish government can only go to war if the Dail agrees and there is a UN motion. Varadkar doesn't want to have to get that agreement.

On top of that, last night FF, FG & the Greens voted down the PBP bill to give people a vote on enshrining neutrality into our constitution. They don't want ordinary people to have a say either.

Let's be clear: There is a push on to make it easier for the government to send Irish troops to war. Wars like the NATO occupation of Afghanistan, or US-led invasion of Iraq. It won't be the sons and daughters of government Ministers that die in these wars.

We need to build a strong anti-war movement here, to oppose all imperialist warmongers: Russian, American & European.

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JUST IN - Parents of 5- to 11-year-olds in England can now have their children injected with Covid vaccines to "future-proof them against infections," UK's vaccine advisers proclaim.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-60958507

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡war criminals from AZOV and the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed by the joint liberation forces of Russia and the DPR

🇷🇺🇺🇦 A soldier of the 503rd military regiment promised never to take up arms again. In addition, he told how the nationalists showed their "patriotism" by torturing civilians.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡The Russian army destroyed armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with precision-guided munitions

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗The fortified area of ​​the Armed Forces of Ukraine is littered with corpses: the DPR army clears Marinka of Ukrainian Nazis and their bodies

🇷🇺🇺🇦 We are so happy, we have been waiting for you! - Ukrainians meet the special forces of the National Guard

Fighters from the Akhmat-Grozny OMON battalion occupy one settlement after another, pursuing the Ukrainian Nazis who have set off on a shameful flight, writes Ramzan Kadyrov.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 The base of the Nazis from the Azov regiment in the resort villages of Urzuf and Yuryevka near Mariupol.

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗Russian special forces captured two Ukrainian servicemen who participated in the torture of Russian soldiers, these are Sergey "Chili" Velichko and Konstantin Nemichev from the fan group of the local football club "Metalist" - State Duma deputy Vladimir Shamanov

🇷🇺🇺🇦 The soldiers of the Armed Forces of the DPR worked out the Ukrainian dugout very accurately

🇷🇺🇺🇦 UAV footage: Special Forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the DPR in the battles for Mariupol