⚡️Russian Defence Ministry statement on threats of shelling of schools by AFU

❗️The Kiev regime continues its deliberate shelling of socially important facilities in Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics and other areas liberated from nationalists during the special military operation. Schools, hospitals, kindergartens and residential buildings have been hit.

▫️Long-range strike means supplied by the US and European countries have significantly increased the Kiev regime's ability to launch criminal strikes against residential infrastructure and educational institutions with Western-made artillery and missile weapons.

▫️Such actions are a war crime and require the entire international community to take urgent measures to prevent the Kiev regime from shelling schools and killing children.

▫️On the eve of the new school year, we inform that 1,422 schools in Lugansk and Donetsk people's republics, as well as in Zaporozhye, Kherson and Kharkov regions, will open their doors to 326,438 pupils on September 1, 2022.

▫️The Russian side implements a set of all necessary measures to protect educational institutions' data from any threats.

▫️At the same time, for the unconditional safety of students and teachers, the Russian Ministry of Defence have sent to the UN, international humanitarian organisations and the Ukrainian leadership the addresses and exact location data of all schools starting on September 1, 2022 in the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics, as well as in Zaporozhye, Kherson and Lharkov regions.

▫️We demand that the United Nations and the entire international community take effective measures to prevent the shelling of schools by the Kiev regime and guarantee that these facilities and their surroundings are excluded from fire by the Ukrainian armed forces and other paramilitary groups.

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Russian Minister of Education Sergey Kravtsov:

💬 On September 1, 1,183 kindergartens, 1,376 schools and 203 colleges will open across the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, the liberated territories.

📚 By the beginning of the school year, these schools were fully provided with textbooks. Where necessary, major restoration works have been completed, computer equipment has been installed.

👦🏻👧🏻 I will emphasize that students, by the decision of their parents and teachers, will be given an opportunity to continue learning Ukrainian as their native language.

👨🏻‍🏫👩🏻‍🏫 For this purpose, special curricula and methodological manuals have been developed, teachers have undergone corresponding advanced training.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the “Knowledge” educational marathon in Moscow:

💬 I do not expect any tragic catastrophes in the future.

🌐 The world sees overwhelming tendencies of returning to the origins – the UN Charter, equal and mutually beneficial cooperation.

🤝 And when our Western partners will decide to forgo their obscurantism, instead returning to normal, human and equal communication, perhaps, we should be ready to accept them into the community of normal countries.

❗️ But, of course, on mutually acceptable terms.  

⚡️ URGENT: Russian Ministry of Defence on the prevented assault attempt by the Ukrainian military aimed at disrupting IAEA mission

💬 Today at about 6 AM (Moscow time), two Ukrainian sabotage groups of up to 60 soldiers in seven boats landed on the coast of Kakhovskyi reservoir three kilometres north-east of Zaporozhskaya NPP (ZNPP) and attempted to seize the power plant. Measures were taken to neutralize this assault.

In addition, since 8 AM, the Ukrainian Armed Forces resumed shelling of the site of IAEA mission near Vasil’evka and the ZNPP.

❗️ The Kiev regime's provocation is aimed at disrupting the arrival of IAEA working group at Zaporozhskaya nuclear power plant.

☝️ Despite attempts by the Kiev regime to disrupt the visit of a group of IAEA experts to Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the Russian side confirms its readiness to receive them with full security for further work.

The situation in the NPP area is complicated, but remains under full control.

⚡️Despite attempts by the Kiev regime to disrupt the visit of a group of IAEA experts to Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the Russian side confirms its readiness to receive them with full security for further work.

▫️The situation in the area of the nuclear power plant is complicated, but remains under full control.

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Today, on Knowledge Day, not only schools open doors and the First Bell rings, but the entire nation remembers the tragedy of Beslan, mourns the 334 victims (including 186 kids) of the terrorist attack in there that happened 18 years ago - on 1 September 2004.

🙏 The pain of this tragedy is still as acute as ever, is shared by all Russians & many abroad.

❗️The tragedy serves as a reminder that international terrorism is a common threat to all nations and peoples!

We are convinced that it is possible to eradicate the fundamental evil of terrorism only though collective and concerted efforts on the basis of the norms and principles of international law.

💬 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions at a meeting with participants in the Znaniye educational marathon, Moscow, August 31, 2022

🔹 Diplomacy is primarily an ability to listen, hear and convince. It’s a great regret but over the past few years, especially after the end of the Cold War, everyone thought an era of general welfare had arrived. Some political scientists even announced “the end of history.”

🔹 The era we are living in is truly a long historical period. We have to be ready to count only on ourselves.

🔹 We will continue to promote our agenda based on the principles of the UN Charter. The key principle is respecting the sovereign equality of states.

🔹 The prevailing tendencies in the world are those in favour of returning to the origins of the UN Charter and equal and mutually beneficial cooperation.

⚡️IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi at the ZNPP

🎙Journalists from a wide range of countries are running to ask their questions

⚡️ Hostilities unleashed by Ukrainian sabotage groups on the day of IAEA experts' visit with artillery shelling of Zaporozhye NPP by AFU leave no doubt that Zelensky regime had prepared this military provocation well in advance.

▫️It was the completion of preparations for the seizure of Zaporozhye NPP by Ukrainian subversives on the day of IAEA experts' visit that was the reason for the cancellation of Mr. Grossi's visit to the plant on August 31 which was replaced by his "unscheduled" meeting with Mr. Zelensky.

▫️It is obvious that if the Kiev regime's operation to seize the plant were to succeed, IAEA head Rafael Grossi and the mission experts would become a "human shield" for the Ukrainian saboteurs to prevent any action by units of the Russian Armed Forces to destroy them.

▫️The role of IAEA mission would then be limited to fixing the new status quo - "Zaporozhye NPP has been taken over by Kiev", with a new wave of loud statements from Washington and European capitals calling on Russia to ensure a "demilitarised zone" around the NPP, where IAEA monitors would remain under the protection of the Ukrainian military.

▫️This provocation was thwarted by the effective actions of units of the Russian Armed Forces and National Guard. At present IAEA mission led by Rafael Grossi has arrived at the nuclear power plant and started its planned work with full security ensured by the Russian side. The position of Mr. Grossi and his team, who went to the plant despite Kiev's provocations and shelling by AFU, is worthy of respect.

▫️In this regard, we understand perfectly the undertaking of silence of all western sponsors of Zelensky's regime, which actually confirms their secret participation in the preparation of today's provocation at Zaporozhye NPP. At the same time, the absence of a public response from UN Secretary General António Guterres in Vienna to Kiev's actions near Zaporozhye NPP causes justified bewilderment.

▫️Such silence not only casts a shadow and questions the objectivity of the UN approaches to the situation around Zaporozhye NPP, but also leads to further escalation of the situation there with full impunity for the Kiev regime.

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🕯We invite you to pay last respects to the former USSR President H.E. Mikhail Gorbachev who passed away August 30 at the age of 91 via a Virtual Book of Condolences.

📖 Your sympathy messages may be sent to condolences@rusembassy.ca starting tomorrow till next Wednesday.

UN Notes Safety of IAEA Inspectors Ensured by Russia

The UN has acknowledged that Russia is ensuring the safety of IAEA inspectors at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the Secretary General's office reported.

Strikes on the plant have continued however, according to the local authorities, who have reported hits on the thermal power plant located in the immediate vicinity of the NPP.

Although IAEA chief Rafael Grossi left the delegation earlier on Thursday, there are between eight and 12 remaining inspectors in the Russia-controlled part of the NPP territory, the head of the city administration Alexander Volga told Interfax.

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⚡️ Russia's EMERCOM has delivered over 75'000 tonnes of humanitarian aid to the people of #Donbass since March this year, medicaments & food supplies included.

Clean water is also being provided in bulk (50'000+ metric tonnes). Water treatment plants are also being installed in the region.

📹 TASS Agency

❗️ September 1 (aka #Back2SchoolDay) is a reminder that schools aren’t the best choice when establishing military headquarters, firing positions, army shelters or ammunition depots.

🚫 Therefore, an educational facility is turned into a potential military target, which should never happen.

#SchoolsAreForKids

#OTD В день 5️⃣0️⃣-летия первого матча Суперсерии-72 СССР - Канада дипломаты посетили Монреальский форум, где прошла знаменитая игра. Та победа 7:3 - яркий эпизод в истории хоккея 🏒🏆

You still remember Marianna from #Mariupol? The lady who was deviously used for Ukrainian propaganda?

Yesterday she (a resident of Donetsk) returned to the liberated Mariupol to congratulate local kids on the beginning of a new school year in their restored educational facilities.

#Back2School

#ThisDay

September 3: Day of the End of the Second World War

The military glory day was established by Federal Law on April 24, 2020.

◽️ The Victory over German fascism, Japanese militarism and their satellites during the Second World War is a highlight of the world history, a glorious page in the history of Soviet people and chronicle of Soviet Armed Forces.

◽️ It had widely covered Europe, Asia and Africa, all the world oceans reaching the shores of Novaya Zemlya and Alaska in the North, the Atlantic Coast of Europe in the West, Kuril Islands in the East, as well as the borders of Egypt, India and Australia in the South.

◽️ The 6-year-long war had involved 61 countries populated by 1.7 billion people that constituted about 80% of the world population. About 120 millions of the most capable people had been mobilised to their armed forces. Operations had taken place in 40 countries.

◽️ Major burden of the fight in the Second World War laid on the Soviet Union. On June 22, 1941, German troops invaded the territory of the Soviet Union. Germany was supported by Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Finland and Italy, as well as Norway that joined the anti-Soviet forces in August. Soviet troops exhausted the enemy and halted its offensive at all the most important fronts.

◽️ The Red Army has liberated a lot of European nations from the fascism. Within almost 15 months, about 7 million Soviet warriors had been conducting fierce combats against the enemy in 11 countries populated by over 100 million people.

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