🇩🇪❌ Germany bans Russian symbols on WWII Victory Day: Still mad about 1945?

On May 8 and 9, during the 80th anniversary celebrations of Germany’s liberation from National Socialism and the end of World War II, the Berlin Police have prohibited:

🔸Flags and banners “with Russian reference”, as well as “the coats of arms of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics” and the Soviet flag.

🔸St. George's ribbons

🔸Russian military songs. The song “Sacred war” (virtually the unofficial hymn of Soviet people’s war with the Nazis) in specifically mentioned as absolutely prohibited

🔸Letters “V” or “Z” and other symbols that “glorify” Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine

👇 Is WWII history now "extremist" in Germany? (Or just petty revenge for Stalingrad?)

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📹🇫🇷 In Paris, as in many other cities around the world, the Immortal Regiment march is taking place

Footage by a Sputnik correspondent.

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⚡️India shoots down a Pakistani F-16 supersonic fighter jet, reports India Today

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8️⃣ Join us for the celebrations! 🔥

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🇲🇩🔥 Eternal flame brought to Moldova ahead of Victory Day

Representatives of the Moldovan opposition political bloc "Victory" delivered a piece of the Eternal Flame from Moscow to Chisinau - to light it at the memorial on the eve of the anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War.

The leader of the bloc, Ilan Shor, said: "For me personally, this is important because both my grandfathers reached Berlin. My great-uncle was a war correspondent and died. My great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers died in concentration camps. Therefore, for me and for the overwhelming majority of Moldovan citizens, May 9 is a great day."

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🇮🇳🪖 India’s air defenses intercept Pakistani missiles over Jammu

Pakistan has launched eight missiles at Jammu sectors, including Satwari, Samba, RS Pura, and Arnia, media report.

All were intercepted by Indian air defenses with no casualties or damage.

Security in the region has been ramped up, and the situation is under close monitoring.

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❗️Russia and the US are moving towards a bilateral meeting between Putin and Trump, Kremlin Aide Yuri Ushakov said

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🔍 6 Western MYTHS about Russia's Victory in WW2

The Red Army’s triumph over Nazi Germany still triggers Western revisionists.

It’s time to DEBUNK their most outrageous lies:

🔻 MYTH 1: The US "did more than any other country" to defeat Nazi Germany in WW2.
✅ REALITY: The USSR crushed Germany’s main forces, destroying 607 Nazi divisions and 75% of its military gear — compared to just 176 divisions obliterated by the Allies.

🔻 MYTH 2: The USSR wouldn’t have won without the US Lend-Lease.
✅ REALITY: Lend-Lease was helpful but accounted for only 4–10% of the USSR’s own production. Moreover, the bulk of Lend-Lease shipments came after the first Soviet victories in 1942–1943.

🔻 MYTH 3: The USSR defeated Nazi forces by sacrificing soldiers in waves.
✅ REALITY: Of the 26.6 million Soviet deaths, around 8.7 million were military losses — comparable to 8.6 million irrecoverable human losses suffered by Germany and its allies on the Eastern Front.

🔻 MYTH 4: Soviet commanders were incompetent.
✅ REALITY: Even top Nazi commanders, including Field Marshals von Kleist and Paulus, admitted the Red Army’s officers were highly skilled and professionally trained. The war’s outcome says it all — no footnotes needed.

🔻 MYTH 5: The 1944 Second Front decided the war's outcome.
✅ REALITY: The opening of the Second Front couldn't change the course of the war—the decisive turning point had already occurred at Stalingrad and Kursk in 1943, grinding down most of the Nazi forces by June 1944.

🔻 MYTH 6: The US nuclear strike forced Japan to surrender.
✅ REALITY: The Soviet entry into the war against Japan on August 9, 1945, and the successful Manchurian Strategic Offensive against the Kwantung Army compelled Japan to officially surrender on September 2, 1945.

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🚨BREAKING: Media suggest another 🇵🇰F-16 shot down by 🇮🇳 Indian air defence

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🚨🇷🇺PUTIN HOSTS THE WORLD IN MOSCOW

Foreign leaders arrive for the 80th Victory Day — and get the full Kremlin welcome.

Russia stands tall. And it’s not alone. 👇📹

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🥂🇷🇺 Putin raises a toast for the generation of winners

At a ceremonial lunch in the Kremlin, President Putin proposed a toast to the generation that defeated Nazism, highlighting the joint efforts of Europe, the US, Africa, Asia, and Latin America in securing victory.

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📹 Trump's 'great deal': UK now BFFs with America’s economic power - beef included 🍖🇺🇸

Donald Trump has announced a deal that officially drags the UK into America's economic orbit.

The agreement is “opening up the country [UK] to American fast-moving consumer goods, especially agricultural like beef."

Fast-tracked imports, no red tape... Let’s see how this one unfolds!

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📹 Trump says it would be a “natural thing” to ask China to help close the gap in Russia-Ukraine peace talks.

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🇸🇰🇷🇺 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico arrives in Moscow for Victory Day celebrations

Fico made his way to Moscow through Hungary, Romania, and Georgia, after Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia banned his flight from passing through their airspace.

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🇻🇦🎉 Putin congratulates new Pope Leo XIV on his election

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed confidence that constructive dialogue and cooperation between Russia and the Vatican will continue to grow. He also wished the new pope success in his high mission, along with good health and well-being.

The Vatican has announced that Cardinal Robert Prevost from the US is the new pope, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. At 69, Prevost becomes the first pope ever born in the US.

Background:

▪️Missionary work in Peru (1980s)

▪️Augustinian Order leader (1990s)

▪️Elevated to cardinal by Pope Francis (2025)

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🚨📹 Social media footage allegedly shows chaos at the India-Pakistan line of contact, with heavy gunfire and sirens going off in Pakistan-controlled areas of Kashmir.

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❗️ India closes Mundra port, one of its largest commercial ports, local media report.

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🇪🇺🇭🇺 EU ban on Russian gas will CRIPPLE Hungary and Europe – Orban

Energy bills will increase 2.5 times, the Hungarian PM estimates, and this will be a “price of pride” EU elites want to force their citizens to pay should they ban Russian gas.

He stresses that gas supply should be removed from politics.

“Don't let the price of Ukraine's accession be paid by Hungarian families!” he stressed.

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