📹 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s video message to the participants in the 6th BRICS+ Young Diplomats’ Forum (August 28, 2024)

💬 I would like to begin by offering my heartfelt greetings to the participants in the 6th Young Diplomats’ Forum which is taking place in the #BRICSplus format.

It was the Foreign Ministry’s Council of Young Diplomats that initiated the first event of this kind in Ufa as part of Russia’s 2015 chairmanship. Since then, this platform has emerged as an effective tool for promoting horizontal ties between the BRICS foreign ministries.

It is worth noting that Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan, has been selected to host the 2024 meeting. It stands at the crossroads of civilisations, and people representing various religions, creeds and ethnic groups have been living here in peace and harmony for many centuries. This offers a vivid example of the way ethnic, religious and cultural diversity can serve as a foundation for promoting long-term development and sustaining mutual understanding. #BRICS countries have been relying on these very principles in their relations.

👉 The Forum’s main topic is The Role of Young Diplomats in Strengthening Multilateralism for Fairness in Global Development and Security. It covers a wide range of major issues for BRICS states, as well as for other like-minded countries. I welcome the fact that all partners share the association’s approaches to working together when responding to present-day global challenges.

BRICS attracts more and more attention, which is a clear sign that our aspirations to build a fairer global architecture in international relations are aligned with deep-running and objective geopolitical shifts. The Global Majority has been very receptive to this vision, which demonstrates that what we do together is highly relevant and important.

I am certain that your forum will contribute in its own way to strengthening the comprehensive partnership, atmosphere of friendship and trust between our countries and their people.

🌐 I wish all the participants every success, good health and fruitful work.

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🗓 83 years ago, on August 28, 1941, the Tallinn breakthrough of the Baltic Fleet of the USSR to Kronstadt – one of the largest and most complicated naval ops of the Soviet Navy during the Great Patriotic war – commenced.

▪️In the summer of 1941, the Nazi invaders began to break through into the territory of the Soviet Baltic republics. Early in August, the Germans launched Tallinn offensive. By the end of the month, the Red army forces, retreating under the onslaught of the superior enemy troops, were trapped on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland and cut off from the "mainland".

Under these circumstances, the Supreme High Command Headquarters of the USSR ordered to evacuate the main forces of the Baltic Fleet, the Red army's forces defending Tallinn, and the civilian population to Kronstadt.

⚓️ On the morning of August 28, an attempt to make a major breakthrough was launched: 225 ships and vessels left Tallinn with over 10,000 people on board.

The Nazis tried by all means to prevent the breakthrough of the convoy. Intensive fire from the enemy's coastal guns was directed at the Soviet ships. In the Gulf waters, the Germans and Finns set up several lines of minefields – more than 1,700 mines. “At the time of the breakthrough, the Gulf of Finland looked like a "dumpling soup" saturated with German mines," – that's how the participants of the breakthrough described their dire circumstances.

By August 30, the Baltic Fleet finally broke through to Kronstadt. Only 163 ships reached the destination. Over 15,000 people died during the operation, including more than 4,500 civilians.

☝️ Under such harsh conditions, the losses could have been much higher if not for the unprecedented heroism, bravery and mutual assistance of the Baltic Fleet crews who saved their comrades and selflessly returned fire from anti-aircraft guns and rifles.

The Baltic Fleet immediately joined the defence of Leningrad. The Soviet forces delivered by the fleet joined the ranks of the city's defenders.

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