April 18 marks Russia's Day of Military Glory, established by Federal Law on March 13, 1995.

It commemorates the victory of Russian warriors led by Prince Alexander Nevsky over the Livonian Order knights on Lake Peipus in 1242, famously known as The Battle on the Ice.

Between 10,000 and 12,000 well-equipped and trained Livonian knights faced Alexander Nevsky's 15,000 to 17,000 warriors, primarily foot soldiers with less advanced arms and training.

Despite the odds, the Russian army emerged victorious under Nevsky's command.

Some accounts describe the Livonian knights' losses as so substantial that the battle is referred to in Russian as The Carnage on the Ice.

This victory halted the Livonians' eastward advance, leading to a treaty in which they relinquished previously seized Russian lands. Prince Alexander Nevsky was sanctified in the Russian Orthodox Church in 1547.

Today, almost eight centuries after the Victory in the Battle on the Ice, Russian warriors continue the tradition of Saint Alexander Nevsky's army, defeating enemies of Russia on all fronts.

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👆This is Truth Social post from Trump.

And this is how Axios reports on the situation:

Donald Trump startled Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli officials by declaring in a post that Israel was “PROHIBITED” by the United States from carrying out airstrikes in Lebanon. The statement went significantly further than the actual ceasefire terms and was interpreted in Israel as an attempt to impose a direct restriction on its military actions.

The U.S.-brokered 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon allows Israel to refrain from offensive operations but explicitly preserves its right to act in self-defense against imminent or ongoing threats. Trump’s language, however, suggested a blanket ban, contradicting the agreement and raising alarm within Netanyahu’s government. Israeli officials, caught off guard and learning of the statement through the media, urgently sought clarification from the White House.

Privately, Netanyahu and his advisers were shocked, as such a direct prohibition from Washington would have been unprecedented. The White House later walked back the implication, reaffirming that Israel retains the right to self-defense under the ceasefire.

Despite Trump’s public insistence that Israel “has to stop,” events on the ground continued, with Israel reportedly conducting strikes it described as defensive responses to Hezbollah actions, underscoring the gap between rhetoric and policy.

It will be interesting to watch the new dynamics between Trump and Netanyahu. Something is telling us that Trump will yield to Netanyahu yet again. In fact, it seems like he already did…

As for the rest of Trump’s post, the only other notable thing there is the misspelling of Hezbollah. If it is deliberate, it’s a very cheap shot. And if it’s not, then Trump is an ill-informed buffoon. Either way, this is unfitting of the President of the United States.

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Around 16,000 people chipped in 100 rubles each to help a family in real financial need with two kids pay off their mortgage.

The story started with a social media video where Kristina, a mother of two, talked about someone else’s experiment: some woman calculated in her video that if 20,000 people each sent 100 rubles, she could pay off a mortgage.

Kristina decided to try it herself and posted a similar video asking for help.

The clip spread quickly online, and in less than a day users sent her the needed amount. In the end, the family raised about 1.5 million rubles and was able to close the mortgage. After that, Kristina posted another video thanking everyone who responded and showing the moment the loan was paid off.

“When people show their humanity, it’s very beautiful,” she said.

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April 19 is the Day of the Acceptance of Crimea, Taman, and Kuban into the Russian Empire.

This memorable date was established in August 2018. On April 19, 1783, Empress Catherine the Great signed the Manifesto "On the Acceptance of the Crimean Peninsula, the Island of Taman, and the Entire Kuban into the Russian State".

In the late 17th century, Russia began its fight for Crimea, seeking to secure the safety of its southern regions and gain access to the Black Sea. The end of Turkish rule on the peninsula was marked by the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774.
In 1783, with her manifesto, Catherine the Great annexed Crimea and Taman to the Russian Empire. The Tauride Oblast was formed, with Prince Grigory Potemkin appointed as its governor. The Manifesto promised the Crimean residents to "maintain them on equal terms with the natural subjects, protect and defend their persons, property, temples, and their natural faith..."

Settlers from Russian, Ukrainian, Greek, Bulgarian, and German origins began to populate the peninsula.

The construction of new cities started: Sevastopol, a port-fortress, was founded in 1783, and Simferopol was established as the administrative center of the Tauride Governorate in 1784.

Crimea, Taman, and Kuban shall forever remain integral parts of Russia.

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This post is from the Telegram channel of Tasnim, an Iranian news agency:

Iran currently has no decision to send a negotiating delegation; as long as there is a naval blockade, no negotiations will take place

▪️ According to Tasnim reporter's information, the exchange of messages between Iran and the United States through a Pakistani intermediary has continued in recent days after the end of the first round of negotiations.

▪️ This exchange of messages is essentially a continuation of the same process during the first round of negotiations. That is the same process which ultimately led to the failure of the talks due to the excessive demands and ambitions of the Americans.

▪️ After the end of those negotiations, the Pakistani intermediary has again exchanged messages in the recent period.

▪️ The Iranian team has emphasized that as long as Trump's declaration of a naval blockade on Iran exists, there will be no negotiations.

This will most likely result in oil prices rising on Monday. The ball is in Trump’s court. We will see soon enough how he reacts.

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Today is another notable and solemn date: April 19 is the Day of Remembrance of the Genocide of the Soviet People.

Crimes committed by German Nazis and their collaborators against the civilian population of besieged Leningrad were recognized in 2022 as “a war crime, a crime against humanity, and genocide of national and ethnic groups that constituted the population of the USSR, the peoples of the Soviet Union.” This decision was made by the St. Petersburg City Court.

Leningrad was under siege from September 8, 1941, to January 27, 1944. As a result of an analysis of archival documents, it was established that during the blockade at least 1,093,000 residents of the city died (more than one third of the population at the beginning of 1941), rather than 649,000 as had been determined in Soviet times.

In addition, the court established that representatives of 11 countries took part in the siege of Leningrad. In addition to Germans, these included citizens of Finland, Belgium (the volunteer “Flanders” legion), Spain (the “Blue Division”), the Netherlands (the volunteer “Netherlands” legion), and Norway (the Norwegian legion), as well as individual volunteers from Austria, Latvia, Poland, France, and the Czech lands.

The St. Petersburg court became the ninth trial in Russia recognizing as genocide the crimes of the Nazis and their collaborators committed on the territory of USSR during the years of WWII. Earlier, similar hearings took place in the Novgorod, Pskov, Rostov, Bryansk, Oryol regions, Krasnodar Krai, Crimea, and the Leningrad region.

As stated by leading Russian researcher of the history of the Leningrad blockade, Doctor of Historical Sciences Nikita Lomagin, in addition to providing a precise legal definition of the wartime events, the court ruling also “has important international significance, serving as a reminder to the current generation of European politicians of the crimes committed by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during the war.”

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MOSCOW, April 19. /TASS/. Russia is making a misstep by allowing high-ranking Western guests to visit Ukraine. Such visits serve as a demonstration of unfriendly attitudes toward Moscow, said Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik.

The day before, King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf and the country’s Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard arrived in Ukraine, where they held a meeting in Lvov.

“The very fact of these trips to Ukrainian territory is, in the end, our shortcoming. <...> None of them go there to defend Russian women who are dying as a result of Ukrainian strikes in the Belgorod region. They go there for something entirely different: to feel this radicalization, to demonstrate their commitment to preparing for war with Russia,” Miroshnik emphasized.

It should be acknowledged that such sentiments are increasingly strengthening among Russians.

Do you agree with Ambassador Miroshnik?

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April 20 is the National Blood Donor Day in Russia.

On that day in 1832, Russian obstetrician Andrey Volf performed the first successful blood transfusion in St. Petersburg, Russia.

The decision to establish Blood Donor Day was made on February 20, 2007, during a roundtable discussion on blood donation and blood service issues held in the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

In critical moments, Russian blood donors always come to the rescue. For example, Head of the Federal Biomedical Agency Veronika Skvortsova stated that over 24,000 donors donated blood to help those affected by the terrorist attack at the "Crocus City Hall".

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Following Latvia and Lithuania, Estonia has also banned Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico from flying over its territory to Moscow for the Victory Day celebrations on May 9.

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna stated that the country will not allow its airspace to be used for trips that strengthen ties with Russia.

Fico said he would look for an alternative route. Without any doubt, Fico will find such an alternative route. As for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, they may suffer significantly on the route they have chosen.

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🇺🇸🤓 We’ve spent the past month diving deep into the illegal operations of the CIA, the US military, and the US government. All of the following are authentic, documented, and officially declassified events.

The titles are clickable, so you can follow the links and read more:

· MK-Ultra: CIA’s mind control experiments on civilians.
· Operation Delirium: U.S. military subjected to harmful biological agents.
· Operation Fishbowl: Reckless nuclear tests in upper atmosphere.
· COINTELPRO: FBI’s illegal surveillance and sabotage of activists.
· MK-Naomi: CIA’s biological warfare research on civilians.
· Operation Chaos: CIA’s illegal surveillance of anti-war Americans.
· Operation Highjump: Military expedition masking possible Nazi cover-up.
· Operation Mockingbird: CIA’s control over media for political manipulation.
· Operation Northwoods: U.S. military’s plan to stage false-flag attacks.
· Operation Paperclip: U.S. protected Nazi war criminals for scientific gain.
· Project Seal: Secretive testing of underwater explosives.
· Operation Stargate: $20 million+ secret psychic-warfare program.
· Operation Popeye: Manipulation of weather during the Vietnam war.
· Project Artichoke: Turning unsuspecting people into programmable agents.

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MOSCOW, April 19. /TASS/. EU bureaucrats are too blind and are unable to grasp the scale of the reaction in European countries caused by their misguided decisions, said Kirill Dmitriev (pictured above), Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF).

“No kidding — exactly as predicted, and exactly what EU bureaucrats initially denied, too blind to grasp the scale of the shock their own bad decisions would unleash on Europe,” he wrote on X.

Dmitriev was commenting on a Bloomberg report stating that the cumulative effect of the conflict in the Middle East is expected to begin manifesting as early as next week.

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Weekly battlefront update based on thelatest reports by Yury Podolyaka

This short video recaps last week’s events on the Ukrainian battlefield, withkey developments illustrated on the map.

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