U.S. backed terror group SDF shuts Christian schools in northeast Syria.

SDF closed several Syriac/Assyrian schools in Hasakah & Qamishli for refusing its Kurdish-focused curriculum.

Churches insist on using the Syrian govt curriculum, saying AANES erases Syriac language/history.

Al-Amal Assyrian School among those raided; hundreds of students affected.

Christian leaders call it “repression” & “racist,” warning of cultural erasure.

Zelensky:

Until today, we have only used "our" long-range weapons to strike the Russian Federation.

After my meeting with Trump, perhaps we will have something else.

Putin:

Russia twice declared its readiness to join NATO and was refused both times.

Putin:

There is no and will be no power in the world that will dictate to everyone what to do.

Every power has its limit.

Putin:

There is no counter to a crowbar except another crowbar.

Putin:

In terms of the number of sanctions, Russia is an absolute record holder.

NEW: India and China will resume direct passenger flights this month after a five-year halt due to Covid-19 and border tensions.

Source: Bloomberg

Putin:

Russia is going to attack NATO? It’s impossible to believe such nonsense.

Putin to European leaders:

Just calm down. Sleep quiet. Get to grips with your problems.

Look at what has been happening at the European streets.

Putin:

If someone has a desire to rival Russia in the military sphere, go for it.

Russia proved many times: threats to our sovereignty met swift response.

Do not provoke us. Never.

Putin:

The conflict in Ukraine could have been avoided if Trump had been president.

Putin:

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict cannot be resolved by ignoring the culture of the peoples living there.

Putin on Western support to Ukraine:

They have no remorse for that people. It’s nothing but expandable material for them.

For globalist expansionists and their servants in Kyiv, the results speak for themselves.

Putin:

Russia has never been racist. We advocate for diversity. One color world would be a dull place.

Putin:

I am not an emperor, I am a president elected by popular vote for a certain term.

NEW: Ukraine has officially severed diplomatic relations with the Republic of Nicaragua.

Putin:

All NATO countries have been waging war against us.

Instructors actually participate in the hostilities.

Putin on Dept. of War name change:

This sounds quite well, a bit aggressive.

Ours is the Ministry of Defense. We don’t have aggressive intentions against third countries.

Putin:

If Russia is a paper tiger, then what NATO is?

Putin:

They said that the Soviet Union was coercing with Hitler, but you were the ones who coerced with him the day before.

Putin reading Pushkin’s poem “Borodino Anniversary” on live TV.

He thinks it reflects today’s situation with the West.