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# A day in history
On May 24, 1900, the cruiser Aurora was launched on the Neva
by Emperor Nicholas II to salute volleys.

During its service, the ship has traveled more than 100 thousand miles, was a participant in 3 wars, survived repeated refits and inevitable repairs. Today, the ship is an integral part of the guides to St. Petersburg, along with the famous bridges and lions.

In July 1914, the First World War began between the countries of the two blocs—the Entente and Germany and its allies. In mid-August, after almost a ten-year break, Aurora was included in the composition of warships, in the 2nd brigade of cruisers.

From 10/24/1917, Aurora took part directly in the revolutionary events: by order of the VRK on this day, the cruiser ascended upstream of the Bolshaya Neva from the completed wall of the plant to the Nikolaevsky Bridge, divorced by junkers. By agreement, at 21:40, Aurora fired one blank shot from a 152-mm bow gun, which made her famous.

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Maria Zakharova commented at a briefing today that the EU plans to introduce the 11th package of sanctions against Russia: absurd, we have adapted to the new reality.

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"Grain deal" has let enemy sea drones into operative range

On May 24 at 05:30 Moscow time, in the southern part of the Black Sea, three marine drones of "unknown affiliation" allegedly attacked the Ivan Khurs medium reconnaissance ship (communication ship) of project 18280.

The incident took place 40 miles north of the Bosphorus. The attack was not successful.

By the way, in 2017, almost in the same place, Russia has already lost another medium reconnaissance ship:
- April 27, 2017, 30 miles north of the Bosphorus, the Liman SRZK of the Black Sea Fleet sank. At 11:41 Moscow time, he collided with the sheep carrier "Youzarsif H" under the flag of Togo. Having received a hole below the waterline, the scout sank at 14:48. Not a single sheep was harmed.

The fleet has not received new reconnaissance ships for a long time.
“Given the situation in electronics, each such combat unit is now worth its weight in gold.
- "Ivan Khurs" is one of only two built "scouts" of this type. For the continuation of the series, apparently, there is no money yet.
- The loss of such a unique SRZK would be extremely sensitive for the Navy, because the "scouts" have not been updated for a long time.

Today's attack on "Ivan Khurs" - by the way, the territory of the Russian Federation - shows: thanks to the "grain deal", Ukraine, with the full technical support of "respected Western partners", receives naval drones capable of systematically attacking Russian ships, ships and naval bases.

Most likely, the drones were launched from one of the ships sailing along the "grain corridor".

Well, extended the grain deal?

Translated from Midshipman Ptichkin
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Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson on why the US and the West hate Russia and everything Russian so much.
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Footage of the destruction of Ukrainian unmanned boats that tried to attack the ship "Ivan Khurs" of the Russian Navy in the area of the Bosphorus Strait.

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Ukrainian intelligence openly stated that they want to kill the President of Russia

The Kiev regime has thrown off all sorts of masks: in an interview with Welt, Vadim Skibitsky, deputy head of military intelligence, said that they want to kill Vladimir Putin. Another target for the bloodthirsty Nazi leaders is Yevgeny Prigozhin.

"We want to kill Putin and Prigozhin," the ukronazi said.

Translated from Anna News

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In the Belgorod region of Russia (which was recently attacked by Ukrainian reiconaisance-saboteur group), there are 7 territorial defence battalions out of 3000 people, there is a question of their weapons

▪️"We have them (self-defense units). Almost 3,000 people, 7 battalions along the border. They have been training since November last year. Already combat-ready units, dressed in uniform, equipment provided. The only thing that, in accordance with current legislation, the issue has not yet been resolved with weapons," Governor V. Gladkov said.
▪️When invading the territory of the Grayvoron District, enemy saboteurs did not have to involve self-defense forces. "There were enough military personnel, and this issue did not need to be resolved, but we are now looking for legal grounds (to arm self-defense) in order to repulse the enemy if necessary," he stressed.

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Give weapons to men. They can protect themselves...
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South African opposition leader Julius Malema: [Do you think the alliance with Putin will benefit South Africa?] But that's the way it is now. South Africa is allied with Russia, India, Brazil and China. South Africa is in alliance with Russia.

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Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to discuss coalition security with CSTO counterparts in Minsk

◽️ The defence ministers will discuss challenges and threats to military security in regions of collective security, improvement of the crisis response system within the Organisation's format, as well as a number of issues of mutual interest.

◽️ CSTO defence ministers, the CSTO Secretary General and the Chief of CSTO Joint Staff are expected to attend the meeting.

The CSTO includes Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.

Western nations have basically been waging an undeclared war against Moscow and Minsk, according to Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, who was speaking on Thursday with his Belarusian colleague Viktor Khrenin. Sergei Shoigu stated, 'Today we are facing the collective West, which is virtually waging war against our countries'.

◽️ He stated that 'the NATO's military activities have become as aggressive as possible'. 'The joint armed forces of the alliance in Eastern Europe are being made more combat-ready through the implementation of a number of initiatives. The deployment of more military personnel and facilities, as well as an increase in training and reconnaissance operations close to the Union State's frontiers,' said the head of the Russian military department.


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⚡️ Avdiivka direction, 15 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered.

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Soldiers of PMC "Wagner" began the withdrawal of their units from Artemovsk

Yevgeny Prigozhin said that before June 1, the "musicians" should go to the rear areas and hand over all positions to the military.

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Ukrainian Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko is unhappy that the repressive machine does not have the opportunity to reach out to the admins of anonymous Telegram channels. He decided to play democracy and "invited" them to his Ministry for discussion.

Why the Ministry? Why these intermediate instances, can you immediately invite them to the dungeons of the SBU? And Tkachenko also raises questions that anonymous Telegram channels, without confirmation from the Ministry of Defense, published information that the Russians took Bakhmut.

According to his logic, it turns out that the truth cannot be published without official confirmation. That is, there are questions to the anonymous Telegram channels that told the truth, but there are no questions to the Ministry of Defense, which fools the Ukrainians.

Translated from XUkrain

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Ukrainian state-owned companies engaged in international arms purchases received billions of hryvnias under contracts of the Ministry of Defense and did not fulfill the deliveries - "UP"

In 2022, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine signed contracts with several arms importers (Spetstechnoexport, Ukrspetsexport, Progress and the Defense Procurement Agency), made 100% prepayments, but the companies did not fulfill the order, and in part of the contracts the money was withdrawn abroad, transferring to foreign firms.

At the beginning of 2023, the Ministry of Defense began to file lawsuits, and at the moment there are at least 30 of them. The total amount of claims for overdue contracts that were “lit up” in the register is 8.9 billion hryvnia. Most of the claims of the Ministry of Defense are still pending.

Translated from Ukrainian propaganda channel, but this time I believe it...

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South African opposition leader Julius Malema: [Do you think the alliance with Putin will benefit South Africa?] But that's the way it is now. South Africa is allied with Russia, India, Brazil and China. South Africa is in alliance with Russia. From Пул И3…
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South African politician speaks openly and positively about Putin

And the white gentleman grimaces, but listens and quickly moves the conversation to another topic, as he really doesn't like the answer.

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The press service of the head of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin published a video of the exchange of prisoners with the Ukrainian side. Four and a half hours ago, a video with the return of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was published by Ukrainian resources.

106 people were handed over to the Ukrainian side — some individuals spent more than 100 days in captivity. The bodies of foreign citizens — a Turk and an American — were also handed over. The Turk died under the rubble of the building blown up by the Armed Forces of Ukraine — another Turkish citizen was buried with him, but she could not be rescued.

How many Russian citizens returned from captivity is not exactly known.

The prisoners were from the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic, the 9th Motorized Rifle Division (Kaliningrad), the 155th Marine Brigade (Vladivostok), the Akhmat Brigade. According to the Russian fighters, they were treated humanely.

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Russian paratroopers destroyed the Ukrainian reconnaissance group in the Kherson direction

The sabotage and reconnaissance groups of Ukrainian militants are trying to cross on motor boats and gain a foothold on the left bank of the Dnieper in order to create a springboard for an attack on the Crimea and Zaporozhye, but all attempts end in the same way — the destruction by our paratroopers' artillery.

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It looks like ukies tried to attack the airfield in Morozovsk (near Rostov), our air defence worked at the target.
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Podolyak said that the inhabitants of the Crimea are bandits and they can be hit with long–range missiles and fighter jets

"We have the right to use both F-16 and long-range missiles, inclusive, throughout the occupied territory of Ukraine. Crimea is exclusively Ukrainian territory. There are bandits there. There is no difference as we call them, combatants, civilian occupiers, collaborators are banal criminal subjects. And we have no right to legalize them".

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Right now the shelling of Donetsk continues — two more people are wounded

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are conducting repeated shelling of the Kalininsky district of Donetsk. According to unconfirmed information, two more people were seriously injured. Ukrainian militants are firing at peaceful neighborhoods. Journalists, including the military reporter of Readovka Maxim Dolgov, came under fire.

So, as a result of the strike at the building of the Research institute, a 37-year-old civilian died. Presumably, the APU is firing HIMARS.

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