The population of Mariupol, Ukraine, numbered more than 425,000 before the Russian army attacked in February 2022. Twenty months later, Ukranian authorities estimate that the population is around 100,000. Those who did not flee the city, or couldn’t get out, or didn’t want to leave their homes, are subject to the daily terror of Russian occupation. … Read more
Title: Restoration of Soviet Tankers Memorial in Hungary Sparks Controversy and Reminds of Historical Events Date: June 20, 2023 Author: Svyatoslav Rybalchenko In a recent event in Hungary, a memorial dedicated to Soviet tankers who died during World War II was restored and ceremoniously reopened. However, this restoration has sparked controversy and reminded the public … Read more
The US military is exploring the possibility of installing advanced AIM-120 medium-range air-to-air missiles on Soviet-era Ukrainian fighters. The newspaper reported Politico with reference to sources. According to the sources of the publication, there are a number of technical difficulties in integrating the AIM-120 with Ukrainian fighters. No other details are given. AIM-120s are used … Read more
Soviet dissident Viktor Fainberg died on January 2 at the age of 92, his children reported the death. The funeral will take place in Israel on January 5. Viktor Fainberg took part in the “demonstration of the seven”, or action on August 25, 1968 against the entry of Soviet troops into Czechoslovakia. Then the activists … Read more
– – Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreev – Russia’s ambassador to Poland, Sergei Andreev, was greeted with a flood of red paint on May 9th. He was attacked during a flower-laying ceremony at a World War II-era Soviet military cemetery in Warsaw, TASS reported. Local media added that the diplomat was covered in red … Read more
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BONN, KOMPAS.com – In early April, Russia suddenly withdrew his troops from the area around the capital of Kyiv in the north Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin later announced, the goal war has changed, no longer to seize the capital, but to dominate Donbas region in eastern Ukraine. Why is this area so important? Read … Read more
The Glienicke Bridge, which spans the Havel between Potsdam and West Berlin, has gone down in the history of the Cold War as an “agent bridge”. Since the construction of the wall on August 13, 1961, it has been located in the border area and is closely guarded. On their middle there is a white … Read more
– – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov PHOTO: Reuters – “NATO enlargement to countries like Ukraine and to other countries that were part of the Soviet Union is, in fact, a matter of life and death for us.” He stated this on the air of the program “Moscow. The Kremlin. Putin ”on state television, Kremlin spokesman … Read more
Photo: tass.ru Svetlana Svetlichnaya – – The star of Soviet cinema was hospitalized before meeting with her granddaughter. The actress asked to call an ambulance concierge. Russian actress Svetlana Svetlichnaya was admitted to the intensive care unit of the neurosurgical department. This was reported by her granddaughter Maria Ivashova, writes TASS. According to her, she … Read more
Photo: REUTERS Nazi trial in Germany – – According to the prosecution, the man personally shot Soviet prisoners of war and forced people into the gas chambers. A hundred-year-old former guard of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Josef S., is accused of complicity in the murder of 3,518 prisoners during the Second World War. In particular, … Read more