🇺🇦STCU is headquartered in Kiev and has regional offices in Baku, Chisinau and Tbilisi, as well as in Kharkov and Lvov.

▫️However, the Russian Ministry of Defence's Chemical and Biological Threat Expertise Centre found that the STCU's main activity is to act as a distribution centre for grants for research of interest to the Pentagon, including biological weapons research.

▫️In recent years alone, Washington has spent more than $350 million on STCU projects.

▫️The U.S. customers and sponsors of STCU are the Department of State and the Department of Defense. Funding is also provided through the Environmental Protection Agency, the US Departments of Agriculture, Health and Energy.

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Names of the officials who were involved in the military-biological programmes

▫️The post of STCU executive director is held by Bjelajac Curtis Michael, a US citizen.

▫️Born August 27, 1968 in Huntington Beach, California, he studied at California's Anderson University of Management. He holds a master's degree in international finance and has worked in Ukraine since 1994.

▫️The European Union chairman of the STCU board is Maier Eddie Arthur; the US chairman is Phil Dolliff, who is the State Department's Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Security and WMD Nonproliferation Programmes.

▫️The European Union chairman of the STCU board is Maier Eddie Arthur; the US chairman is Phil Dolliff, who is the State Department's Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Security and WMD Nonproliferation Programmes.

▫️Documents received by the Russian Ministry of Defence confirm STCU's ties to the US military department.

▫️The slide shows a formal recommendation from the US State Department endorsing the STCU's cooperation with the Pentagon's main contractor, Black & Veach. The correspondence expresses the willingness of Matthew Webber, the company's vice president, to work with the STCU on ongoing military-biological research in Ukraine.

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❗️During the special operation in Ukraine, it was established that US scientists from a laboratory in Merefa (Kharkov Region) were testing potentially dangerous biological drugs on patients of the regional clinical psychiatric hospital No 3 in Kharkov between 2019 and 2021.

▫️Persons with mental disorders were selected for the experiments on the basis of their age, nationality and immune status. Special forms were used to record the results of 24-hour patient monitoring. The information was not entered into the hospital database and the staff of the medical institution signed a non-disclosure agreement.

▫️In January 2022, the laboratory in Merefa was shut down and all equipment and medication were moved to western Ukraine.

▫️There are a number of witnesses to these inhuman experiments, whose names we cannot disclose for the sake of their safety.

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⚠️When Liberal Сabinet's foreign policy is submissive to the interests of 🇺🇸 and the Canada's Ukrainian lobby, one shouldn't be surprised to hear what it says about 🇷🇺 and shouldn't take it seriously.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Statement of the Joint Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian Response in Ukraine (April 14, 2022)

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📑Russian Defence Ministry has published new documentary evidence of atrocious crimes committed by Ukrainian nationalists during the Great Patriotic War as part of "Archives Remember Everything!" project

▫️The project's historical materials reveal numerous facts of atrocious crimes committed by Ukrainian nationalists against civilians, local Soviet authorities and the Red Army.

▫️Moreover, many documents make it clear that the Ukrainian nationalists of the 1940s, like their followers today, did not act independently, but were controlled externally - at the behest of Hitler, who used the Banderites to exterminate the unruly Soviet peoples.

▫️Many archive documents describing the atrocities committed by the German Nazis against Soviet citizens point to the involvement of Ukrainian nationalists in these crimes.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry

❗️On the morning of April 15, Russian Armed Forces prevented an attempt by the Kiev nationalist regime to hit Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station with a missile strike.

▫️This critical facility regulates the flow of the Dnepr River, supplies electricity to Kherson region, and supplies water to agricultural areas in southern Ukraine and northern Crimea.

▫️At about 7am Moscow time, a battalion of Ukraine's 19th Separate Missile Brigade struck the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station with two Tochka-U tactical missiles.

▫️The destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station dam by the strike was intended to result in the uncontrolled release of Dnepr water and cause flooding of many Kherson region settlements along with people in order to constrain the actions of the Russian Armed Forces.

💥Both missiles were shot down in mid-air by Russian air defence.

▫️Shrapnel from one of them fell on Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region. Kindergarten and residential buildings were damaged.

🏥A woman and a child were wounded and given first aid by Russian servicemen on the spot. They are currently being taken to a medical facility.

▫️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine.

💥During the day, 10 enemy assets were hit by high-precision air-based missiles. Among them:

▫️3 areas of Ukrainian 81st and 93rd separate mechanised brigades' units concentration in Barvenkovo, Kramatorsk and Lisichansk;

▫️2 areas of Ukrainian military equipment and weapons concentration in Povstanskoe, Odessa region, and Novoelizavetovka;

▫️missile and artillery weapons depots near Parutino and Nikolaev;

▫️nationalist strong points in Yasenovoe and Sribnoe.

💥Missile troops and artillery struck 217 military facilities in Ukraine, including 15 command posts of Ukrainian military units, as well as 201 strong points and areas of enemy's manpower concentration.

✈️💥Operational-tactical aviation hit 6 military assets of Ukraine during the day. Among them: 1 artillery battery, 2 multiple rocket launchers, 2 missile and artillery ammunition depots and 3 areas of concentration of Ukrainian weapons and military equipment.

💥Russian air defence means shot down 1 Ukrainian Tu-143 Reis unmanned aerial vehicle near Oktyabrskiy.

📊In total, 132 aircraft and 105 helicopters, 245 anti-aircraft missile systems S-300, Buk-M1, Osa AKM, 457 unmanned aerial vehicles, 2,224 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 251 multiple launch rocket systems, 971 field artillery and mortars, as well as 2,123 units of special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during the operation.

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❗️According to reliable information, the Kiev regime is preparing another monstrous provocation, similar to the one in Kramatorsk, to accuse Russian servicemen of so-called war crimes with massacres of civilians.

▫️To this end, battalion of the 19th Separate Missile Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will soon launch a Tochka-U attack on an area of refugees concentration at the railway station in Lozovaya.

▫️The missiles will be launched from Staromikhailovka direction to simulate a strike from the territory allegedly controlled by the Russian Armed Forces and Donetsk People's Republic formations.

▫️Such actions by Ukrainian authorities once again demonstrate an inhuman attitude towards the fate of its own citizens and show a complete disregard for all norms of morality and international humanitarian law.

❗️We stress in particular that Tochka-U tactical missiles are only used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

▫️Taking the above into account, we warn the countries of the so-called "civilised West" led by the US in advance that the Russian Federation has an evidence base of another terrible crime being prepared by the Kiev regime.

Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev, Head of the Russian Federation Joint Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian Response - Head of the National Centre for State Defence Control of the Russian Federation

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🎙 Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s interview with RT

❗️Russia has made public the facts that have come to light to date at the UN and other international organisations and called on the US authorities to provide detailed explanations, but, predictably, Washington does not appear to be ready to share with the public any meaningful information on its military biological programme in Ukraine.

📃 According to confirmed reports, Germany closely coordinated its work on biological security with its US allies, who established a network of at least 30 biological laboratories in Ukraine.

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☝️ We urge German officials to immediately stop spreading false allegations about our country’s intentions to use weapons banned by international law. We believe that such statements can only serve to push neo-Nazi battalions to commit horrible provocations, and moral responsibility for their tragic consequences will be shared by Berlin.

The Red Army’s Berlin offensive operation began 7️⃣7️⃣ years ago, on April 16, 1945. It resulted in the Soviet forces completely rooting out the Nazis, which led to the long-awaited Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

🕯 The Berlin offensive operation lasted from April 16 through May 8, 1945, with Soviet forces capturing about 480,000 enemy officers and soldiers, as well as 1,550 tanks, 8,600 artillery systems and 4,150 aircraft. The Red Army lost 274,184 officers and soldiers, including 78,292 killed and missing in action.

🎖 187 military units and elements received the honorary names Berlin for their soldiers’ bravery, heroism and impressive military professionalism displayed during the operation. On June 9, 1945, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR issued a decree instituting the Medal for the Capture of Berlin. About 1,082,000 Soviet soldiers received this decoration.

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Medvedchuk’s spouse Oksana Marchenko appealed to the British government and people: “I appeal to the relatives and friends of Aiden Eslin and Sean Pinner: Angela Eslin, Nathan and Shannon Wood, Derby and Evan Pinner. It's in your power to ask the Prime Minister of your country, Boris Johnson, to influence the Ukrainian leadership and achieve the release of Aiden and Sean by exchanging them for the Ukrainian opposition politician detained by the Kiev authorities, my husband Viktor Medvedchuk.”

💬 Maria Zakharova: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who recently went to Kiev, must be aware of the developments with Her Majesty’s subjects. He is sure to reply, isn’t he?

Meanwhile, Liz Truss might take the opportunity to reveal what exactly the British nationals were doing there [in Mariupol, with Neo-Nazis] anyway.

🇷🇺🇸🇦📞 On April 16, Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, at the initiative of the Saudi side.

The Leaders discussed current issues of bilateral cooperation, including in trade and the economy, and expressed their commitment to further developing mutually beneficial ties between Russia and Saudi Arabia.

🤝 They spoke highly of the joint work in the OPEC Plus format aimed at ensuring the stability of the global oil market.

The Leaders also exchanged opinions on some topics on the international agenda, including the situation around Ukraine and Yemen settlement.

☪️ Vladimir Putin congratulated the leaders and people of Saudi Arabia on the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan. It was agreed to maintain contact at different levels.

This is Snezhana.

She was born on 14.04.2014 - the very day that the Kiev regime started its "anti-terrorist operation" against the people of Donbass.

Snezhana lives in the town Makeevka near Donetsk, which has been regularly shelled by Ukrainian military for 8 years.

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💬 Russian MFA Spokesperson Maria Zakharova on the anniversary of the Ukrainian assault on the Donbass.

▪️ On April 13, 2014 the Kiev regime began a civil war under the name Anti-Terrorist Operation against Donbass civilians who refused to accept the anti-constitutional coup by neo-Nazis.

❗️For eight years we have been witnessing Kiev’s war crimes and the West’s indifference to the tragedy in Donbass.

Our attempts to make Kiev abide by the #MinskAgreements failed, including due to the position of the Western countries who were playing their own game with their military buildup in Ukraine, turning it into a bridgehead against Russia while hiding behind talk of “engagement” in the political process of peace negotiations.

🛡 Having exhausted diplomatic means of protecting Donbass and ensuring its own security, Russia was forced to launch a special military operation.

(excerpt from weekly briefing of 14.04.22)

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Evidence in Mariupol suggests 🇺🇦 military was stockpiling banned land mines. Kiev violates the Ottawa convention as a signatory.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry (Part 1)

▫️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine.

💥During the night, high-precision air-based missiles destroyed an ammunition factory near Brovary in Kiev region.

✈️💥Operational-tactical and army aviation hit 68 military assets of Ukraine. Among them:

▫️2 radar stations for target illumination and targeting of S-300 anti-aircraft missile system near Krivaya Luka and Krasnoarmeisk as well as 1 Osa AKM anti-aircraft missile system near Severodonetsk;

▫️6 missile-artillery weapons and fuel depots, as well as 40 areas of concentration of Ukrainian military equipment and manpower in Kremennaya, Krasnyi Liman, Kolodesi, Torskoe, Yampolovka and Novoselovka.

💥Army aviation hit 4 concentrations of manpower and equipment as well as a convoy of vehicles on the march during the night. More than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, 7 IFVs and APCs and 14 armoured vehicles were destroyed.

💥Missile troops and artillery struck 814 assets, including 17 command posts, 111 artillery firing positions and 684 enemy strong points and areas manpower concentration.

💥Russian air defence means shot down 10 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles near Avdeevka, Bairak, Lozovaya, Malaya Kamyshevakha, Novoprokofievka, Pologi, Chernobayevka, Shirkoe and Yasinovataya.

📊In total, 134 aircraft, 470 unmanned aerial vehicles, 249 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2,290 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 254 multiple launch rocket systems, 992 field artillery and mortars, as well as 2,166 units of special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during the operation.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry (Part 2)

▫️During the offensive to liberate Mariupol city, a special operation to free hostages held by Ukrainian Nazis in Turkish mosque was carried out in Primorskiy district on April 16 at the request of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

▫️As a result of the courageous actions of the Russian special operations group, the mosque was released and 29 militants, including foreign mercenaries, were killed.
Hostages, citizens of a CIS country, released and taken to a safe location.

▫️A Ukrainian group encircled and completely blockaded in Mariupol on the territory of the Azovstal plant has been asked to voluntarily lay down arms and surrender in order to save their lives.

▫️However, the Kiev nationalist regime, according to the radio intercept, forbade negotiations on surrender, ordering Azov Nazis to shoot on sight any willing to lay down arms among Ukrainian soldiers and foreign mercenaries.

▫️In total, according to the Ukrainian servicemen who surrendered, up to 400 foreign mercenaries are now encircled on the territory of Azovstal plant as part of the Ukrainian grouping.

▫️Most of them are citizens of European countries as well as Canada. We previously reported that radio conversations between militants in Mariupol were conducted in six foreign languages. In the case of further resistance, they will all be eliminated.

▫️Since the start of the special military operation, the Kiev nationalist regime has brought 6,824 foreign mercenaries from 63 countries to Ukraine.

▫️The largest group came from Poland - 1,717 people. About 1,500 mercenaries came from the US, Canada and also Romania. From the UK and Georgia, each up to 300 people.

▫️193 people arrived from Turkish-controlled areas of the Syrian Arab Republic.

▫️The majority of the mercenaries are now deployed in Ukrainian groups in Kiev, Kharkov, Odessa, Nikolaev and Mariupol. Their deployment in the groups is handled by the "regional coordination headquarters" of the so-called "International Legion of Defence of Ukraine" in Belaya Tserkov city.

▫️As a result of the hostilities, the number of mercenaries has steadily declined and currently stands at 4,877.

▫️Russian Armed Forces have eliminated 1,035 foreign mercenaries in combat operations. Another 912 mercenaries refused to take part in the hostilities and escaped from the country.

❗️Let me remind you that foreign mercenaries do not have the status of "combatants" under International Humanitarian Law. They came to Ukraine to make money by killing Slavs. So the best that can happen to them is criminal liability and long terms of imprisonment.

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