US President Donald Trump called for a 30-day unconditional cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine and threatened more sanctions imposed by the United States and its partners if the cease-fire is not respected.
“Talks with Russia/Ukraine continue….
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27 million lives lost Meduza takes a closer look at the Soviet Union’s official death toll in World War II — Meduza
During talks with China’s Xi Jinping on the eve of Victory Day, Vladimir Putin once again underscored the scale of Soviet losses in World War II. “The Soviet Union gave 27 million lives,” he said. “It laid them at the altar of the…
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‘The lifeblood and backbone’ Zelensky’s chief of staff says Ukrainians and Western aid were crucial to defeating Hitler, rails against ‘Russian myth’ of ‘solo Soviet victory’
On Friday, Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany, rekindling debates over who deserves the most credit today for ending the war. The Kremlin has made the USSR’s defeat of Hitler a central pillar of…
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‘A crime against the memory of those who died’ Meduza’s Russian-language readers on what Victory Day means to them amid Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine
On May 9, Russia marks Victory Day — the anniversary of the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. But as it has for the past three years, the country’s own war of aggression against Ukraine casts a long shadow over the…
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France to use proceeds from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine
France plans to use the proceeds from frozen Russian assets to maintain CAESAR self-propelled artillery units that were transferred to Ukraine.
“We will soon announce that thanks to the utilisation of the…
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U.K. targets 100 Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers with new sanctions — Meduza
The U.K. government has announced its most extensive sanctions package targeting Russia’s “shadow fleet” — a network of ships used to evade sanctions on the sale of Russian oil.
The new sanctions list adds 100 oil tankers that, according…
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The Pentagon is discharging up to 1,000 service members who openly identify as transgender
It also gives those who have not yet openly identified as transgender 30 days to resign.
The Department of Defence will begin reviewing medical records to identify those who have not declared themselves.
This…
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‘The seven faces of femininity’ Russia is preparing to roll out its reactionary ‘family studies’ curriculum to schools nationwide. Here’s what’s in it.
Schooling in Russia continues to grow more politicized. On the one hand, there’s a strong emphasis on patriotism: in the Education Ministry’s “patriotic” lesson series, Important Conversations, the curriculum focuses on “love for the…
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Merz said that Ukraine had a prospect of joining the European Union
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has expressed the opinion that Ukraine has a prospect of becoming a member of the European Union.
2212957820 “Ukraine has the prospect of joining the EU,” RIA Novosti quoted…
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Donbass: Echoes of War
During the Great Patriotic War, the Germans tried with all their might to seize the resource-rich Donbass. Having occupied it, they began a policy of terror against civilians. Thousands of people were tortured and…
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