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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s comment on the liberation of the Kursk Region (April 26, 2025)
💬 On April 26, with the liberation of the village of Gornal, the Kursk Region was completely cleansed of the Ukrobanderite occupiers and foreign militants.
It became possible thanks to the unbending strength of spirit and heroism of many people who selflessly, day after day, did their best to defeat the enemy who had treacherously invaded our land.
This is not the first time in history that the Kursk Region has become a theatre of military operations, whose outcome determined so much. More than 80 years ago, in the summer of 1943, Hitler's Germany, in an attempt to defeat the Red Army, concentrated here a significant strike force.
The Nazis threw their, as they thought, best forces into the battle, including SS tank divisions. It did not work. The failure of the Kursk Bulge battle for the Nazis is well known to everyone.
In August 2024, the Kiev regime, following the same schemes as its ideological idols, also decided to put its fate to the test.
The terrorist attack on the Kursk Region involved elite units of Ukraine's armed units supplemented with Western weapons and armoured vehicles. Its preparation and execution were carried out by foreign military advisers. This barbaric attack was presented to the international community as an operation to "demonstrate the combat capability of the Ukrainian army" and "improve Ukraine's negotiating positions."
The enemy faced the unwavering steadfastness and courage of our soldiers and officers, who, at the cost of their lives, did not allow the Ukro-Nazis to penetrate deep into the region, and then liberated it metre by metre. As a result, the enemy was completely defeated and the remnants of its troops were thrown out of the Kursk Region.
We admire the valour of the Russian Federation servicemen who took part in combat operations in this area. Their unequalled valour, bravery and readiness for self-sacrifice made it possible to successfully carry out combat tasks assigned to them.
🇷🇺🤝🇰🇵 A new page has appeared in the glorious chronicle of the combat brotherhood between the Russian and the Korean peoples.
The soldiers of the Korean People's Army, in accordance with the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Russia and the DPRK, which entered into force on December 4, 2024, fought shoulder to shoulder, in the same trench and shed blood with our soldiers and officers in the Kursk Region and made a significant contribution to the liberation of the Russian land from the enemy invaders.
The Kursk people, who were forced to leave their homes, lost contact with their relatives and were subjected to atrocities and torture by Ukrainian militants, bore an enormous burden of the invasion. We pay tribute to those of them who, in the first days of the tragedy, did not tremble in the face of heavily armed thugs and stood up to defend their land, often at the cost of their own lives.
The Russian law enforcement authorities are carrying out a thorough investigation into all crimes committed in the Kursk Region by Ukrainian militants and foreign mercenaries. Those involved will be identified, prosecuted and punished to the full extent of the law.
❗️Following the Kursk Region, all territories of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation still under the Kiev regime's control, including the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions, will definitely be liberated.
💬 On April 26, with the liberation of the village of Gornal, the Kursk Region was completely cleansed of the Ukrobanderite occupiers and foreign militants.
It became possible thanks to the unbending strength of spirit and heroism of many people who selflessly, day after day, did their best to defeat the enemy who had treacherously invaded our land.
This is not the first time in history that the Kursk Region has become a theatre of military operations, whose outcome determined so much. More than 80 years ago, in the summer of 1943, Hitler's Germany, in an attempt to defeat the Red Army, concentrated here a significant strike force.
The Nazis threw their, as they thought, best forces into the battle, including SS tank divisions. It did not work. The failure of the Kursk Bulge battle for the Nazis is well known to everyone.
In August 2024, the Kiev regime, following the same schemes as its ideological idols, also decided to put its fate to the test.
The terrorist attack on the Kursk Region involved elite units of Ukraine's armed units supplemented with Western weapons and armoured vehicles. Its preparation and execution were carried out by foreign military advisers. This barbaric attack was presented to the international community as an operation to "demonstrate the combat capability of the Ukrainian army" and "improve Ukraine's negotiating positions."
The enemy faced the unwavering steadfastness and courage of our soldiers and officers, who, at the cost of their lives, did not allow the Ukro-Nazis to penetrate deep into the region, and then liberated it metre by metre. As a result, the enemy was completely defeated and the remnants of its troops were thrown out of the Kursk Region.
We admire the valour of the Russian Federation servicemen who took part in combat operations in this area. Their unequalled valour, bravery and readiness for self-sacrifice made it possible to successfully carry out combat tasks assigned to them.
🇷🇺🤝🇰🇵 A new page has appeared in the glorious chronicle of the combat brotherhood between the Russian and the Korean peoples.
The soldiers of the Korean People's Army, in accordance with the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Russia and the DPRK, which entered into force on December 4, 2024, fought shoulder to shoulder, in the same trench and shed blood with our soldiers and officers in the Kursk Region and made a significant contribution to the liberation of the Russian land from the enemy invaders.
The Kursk people, who were forced to leave their homes, lost contact with their relatives and were subjected to atrocities and torture by Ukrainian militants, bore an enormous burden of the invasion. We pay tribute to those of them who, in the first days of the tragedy, did not tremble in the face of heavily armed thugs and stood up to defend their land, often at the cost of their own lives.
The Russian law enforcement authorities are carrying out a thorough investigation into all crimes committed in the Kursk Region by Ukrainian militants and foreign mercenaries. Those involved will be identified, prosecuted and punished to the full extent of the law.
❗️Following the Kursk Region, all territories of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation still under the Kiev regime's control, including the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions, will definitely be liberated.
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⚡️ Russia's President Vladimir Putin met with Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov (April 26, 2025)
💬 Valery Gerasimov: Comrade Supreme Commander-in-Chief,
Today, we liberated the village of Gornal, the last populated area in the Kursk Region, from the Kiev regime troops.
Units of the 22nd Motor Rifle Regiment of the 72nd Division, the 810th and 40th Separate Marine Brigades, the 177th Separate Marine Regiment and the 1427th Motor Rifle Regiment have particularly distinguished themselves in this regard.
The defeat of the armed formations of the Ukrainian armed forces that invaded the Kursk Region has thus been completed.
The plans of the Kiev regime to create a so-called strategic bridgehead and disrupt our offensive in Donbas have failed.
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The total losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 76,000 servicemen, killed and wounded. In fact, the enemy lost the original grouping and even more. We destroyed more than 7,700 pieces of military equipment, including 412 tanks, 340 infantry fighting vehicles, 314 armoured personnel carriers and about 2,300 other armoured combat vehicles.
🇷🇺🤝🇰🇵 I want to point out the participation of servicemen from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the liberation of the Kursk Region's border areas, who, in accordance with the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between our countries, provided significant assistance in defeating the invading group of the Ukrainian armed forces.
Soldiers and officers of the Korean People's Army, carrying out combat missions shoulder to shoulder with Russian servicemen, displayed high professionalism, fortitude, courage and heroism in repulsing the Ukrainian invasion.
***
💬 President Vladimir Putin: Mr Gerasimov, over the past few months, you have been regularly reporting to me on the situation in the Kursk Region and highlighting our most efficient units. I can't help mentioning them again today.
These are: the 76th Airborne Division and its 234th Airborne Assault Regiment, the 237th Airborne Assault Regiment and its 104th Airborne Assault Regiment; the 106th Airborne Division and its 119th Parachute Regiment, the 137th Parachute Regiment, and the 51st Parachute Regiment.
These are the 56th Airborne Assault Regiment of the 7th Airborne Assault Division; two Akhmat regiments – the 204th Akhmat Special Forces Regiment and the 1434th Akhmat Motorized Infantry Regiment; the 22nd Motorized Infantry Regiment of the 72nd Division, the 11th Airborne Assault Brigade, the 83rd Separate Airborne Assault Brigade.
Finally, our marines, our glorious marines – the 155th Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet, the 810th Marine Brigade of the Black Sea Fleet.
And of course, as you have just mentioned, the Veterans volunteer force, which carried out a daring underground landing in the area of Sudzha and created conditions for its complete liberation.
I would like to congratulate the entire personnel of all military units who took part in the defeat of the neo-Nazi formations that invaded Russian territory in the Kursk Region.
👉 The gamble of the Kiev regime has completely failed and the huge losses suffered by the enemy, including most combat-ready, trained and equipped – using, among other things, Western models of equipment – units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including assault units, special forces, will certainly affect the entire line of engagement.
The complete defeat of the enemy in the Kursk border area creates conditions for further successful actions by our troops in other important sectors of the front, bringing the defeat of the neo-Nazi regime closer.
🎉 Congratulations to all the heroes, personnel, soldiers and commanders on this success and victory. Thank you for your courage, heroism, and service to our Fatherland and the people of Russia.
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💬 Valery Gerasimov: Comrade Supreme Commander-in-Chief,
Today, we liberated the village of Gornal, the last populated area in the Kursk Region, from the Kiev regime troops.
Units of the 22nd Motor Rifle Regiment of the 72nd Division, the 810th and 40th Separate Marine Brigades, the 177th Separate Marine Regiment and the 1427th Motor Rifle Regiment have particularly distinguished themselves in this regard.
The defeat of the armed formations of the Ukrainian armed forces that invaded the Kursk Region has thus been completed.
The plans of the Kiev regime to create a so-called strategic bridgehead and disrupt our offensive in Donbas have failed.
<...>
The total losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 76,000 servicemen, killed and wounded. In fact, the enemy lost the original grouping and even more. We destroyed more than 7,700 pieces of military equipment, including 412 tanks, 340 infantry fighting vehicles, 314 armoured personnel carriers and about 2,300 other armoured combat vehicles.
🇷🇺🤝🇰🇵 I want to point out the participation of servicemen from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the liberation of the Kursk Region's border areas, who, in accordance with the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between our countries, provided significant assistance in defeating the invading group of the Ukrainian armed forces.
Soldiers and officers of the Korean People's Army, carrying out combat missions shoulder to shoulder with Russian servicemen, displayed high professionalism, fortitude, courage and heroism in repulsing the Ukrainian invasion.
***
💬 President Vladimir Putin: Mr Gerasimov, over the past few months, you have been regularly reporting to me on the situation in the Kursk Region and highlighting our most efficient units. I can't help mentioning them again today.
These are: the 76th Airborne Division and its 234th Airborne Assault Regiment, the 237th Airborne Assault Regiment and its 104th Airborne Assault Regiment; the 106th Airborne Division and its 119th Parachute Regiment, the 137th Parachute Regiment, and the 51st Parachute Regiment.
These are the 56th Airborne Assault Regiment of the 7th Airborne Assault Division; two Akhmat regiments – the 204th Akhmat Special Forces Regiment and the 1434th Akhmat Motorized Infantry Regiment; the 22nd Motorized Infantry Regiment of the 72nd Division, the 11th Airborne Assault Brigade, the 83rd Separate Airborne Assault Brigade.
Finally, our marines, our glorious marines – the 155th Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet, the 810th Marine Brigade of the Black Sea Fleet.
And of course, as you have just mentioned, the Veterans volunteer force, which carried out a daring underground landing in the area of Sudzha and created conditions for its complete liberation.
I would like to congratulate the entire personnel of all military units who took part in the defeat of the neo-Nazi formations that invaded Russian territory in the Kursk Region.
👉 The gamble of the Kiev regime has completely failed and the huge losses suffered by the enemy, including most combat-ready, trained and equipped – using, among other things, Western models of equipment – units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including assault units, special forces, will certainly affect the entire line of engagement.
The complete defeat of the enemy in the Kursk border area creates conditions for further successful actions by our troops in other important sectors of the front, bringing the defeat of the neo-Nazi regime closer.
🎉 Congratulations to all the heroes, personnel, soldiers and commanders on this success and victory. Thank you for your courage, heroism, and service to our Fatherland and the people of Russia.
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🇷🇸 В Сербии «Диктант Победы» прошёл в Русском Доме в Белграде. Участие в нём приняли представители организации «Боевое братство», участники программы «Российский учитель за рубежом», ученики и учителя школы при Посольстве России в Сербии, а также представители сербской общественности.
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🇰🇵 В КНДР мероприятие состоялось в школе при Посольстве России.
🇮🇷 В Иране Диктант был проведён в школе при Посольстве России совместно с представительством Россотрудничества. В знак памяти о героическом подвиге советского народа все участники прикрепили на грудь георгиевские ленты.
🇳🇦 В Намибии акция прошла в Посольстве России. Диктант написали сотрудники дипмиссии и члены их семей.
🇬🇳 В Гвинее свои знания проверили сотрудники Посольства, соотечественники, а также гвинейские выпускники российских вузов.
🇲🇺 В Республике Маврикий Диктант проходил впервые. Акцию приняли Посольство России и КСОРС.
🇺🇸 В США в мероприятии приняли участие Посол А.Н.Дарчиев, руководство диппредставительства, сотрудники и члены их семей, учащиеся посольской школы, а также соотечественники, подключившиеся в дистанционном формате.
🇨🇦 В Канаде участниками акции стали Посол России О.В.Степанов, дипломаты, представители соотечественников, студенты и молодёжь.
🇰🇷 В Республике Корея в проводившемся на площадке школы при Посольстве мероприятии участие принял Посол России Г.В.Зиновьев, школьники, их родители, а также сотрудники дипмиссии.
🇸🇪 В Швеции в общеобразовательной школе им. А.М.Коллонтай при Посольстве России «Диктант Победы» написали Посол России С.С.Беляев, ученики школы, сотрудники российских загранучреждений в Швеции и члены их семей.
🇪🇪 В Эстонии в стенах Посольства России свои знания проверили проживающие в Эстонии соотечественники, сотрудники дипмиссии и их дети.
👉 Собрали для вашего удобства все материалы в нашей единой общей подборке.
#Победа80
Участники по всему миру уже в седьмой раз проверили свои знания истории Великой Отечественной войны.
В этом году «Диктант Победы» стал самым масштабным за всю историю проведения — его написали более двух миллионов человек в более чем 90 странах, в том числе впервые в Швеции, Швейцарии, Гвинее, Индонезии, Кении, Мадагаскаре, Намибии, Мьянме и Танзании.
🇧🇾 В Республике Беларусь площадка филиала Российского государственного социального университета в Минске стала самой крупной из проводивших Диктант на территории страны — проверить свои знания истории Великой Отечественной войны одновременно пришли более 500 человек.
🇨🇳 В Китае мероприятие проходило в Российском культурном центре в Пекине, на площадках Генеральных консульств России, в школе при Посольстве России, в Университете МГУ-ППИ в Шэньчжэне.
🇰🇬 В Киргизии акция прошла на 70 площадках в 27 городах и сёлах страны: в школах, лицеях, вузах, библиотеках, редакциях газет и социальных учреждениях.
🇹🇲 В Туркменистане мероприятие состоялось в Русском доме и Совместной туркмено-российской школе имени А.С.Пушкина, собрав более 150 участников — школьников, студентов и представителей разных поколений.
🇦🇲 В Армении самой крупной площадкой проведения Диктанта стал актовый зал Российско-Армянского университета, где собрались более 400 участников — дипломаты, общественные деятели, школьники и студенты.
🇷🇸 В Сербии «Диктант Победы» прошёл в Русском Доме в Белграде. Участие в нём приняли представители организации «Боевое братство», участники программы «Российский учитель за рубежом», ученики и учителя школы при Посольстве России в Сербии, а также представители сербской общественности.
🇨🇺 В Республике Куба акция прошла на площадках общеобразовательной школы при Посольстве и Храма Казанской иконы Божией Матери в Старой Гаване. В ней приняли участие учащиеся школы при Посольстве, постоянно проживающие на острове соотечественники, студенты Гаванского университета и кубинские граждане.
🇰🇵 В КНДР мероприятие состоялось в школе при Посольстве России.
🇮🇷 В Иране Диктант был проведён в школе при Посольстве России совместно с представительством Россотрудничества. В знак памяти о героическом подвиге советского народа все участники прикрепили на грудь георгиевские ленты.
🇳🇦 В Намибии акция прошла в Посольстве России. Диктант написали сотрудники дипмиссии и члены их семей.
🇬🇳 В Гвинее свои знания проверили сотрудники Посольства, соотечественники, а также гвинейские выпускники российских вузов.
🇲🇺 В Республике Маврикий Диктант проходил впервые. Акцию приняли Посольство России и КСОРС.
🇺🇸 В США в мероприятии приняли участие Посол А.Н.Дарчиев, руководство диппредставительства, сотрудники и члены их семей, учащиеся посольской школы, а также соотечественники, подключившиеся в дистанционном формате.
🇨🇦 В Канаде участниками акции стали Посол России О.В.Степанов, дипломаты, представители соотечественников, студенты и молодёжь.
🇰🇷 В Республике Корея в проводившемся на площадке школы при Посольстве мероприятии участие принял Посол России Г.В.Зиновьев, школьники, их родители, а также сотрудники дипмиссии.
🇸🇪 В Швеции в общеобразовательной школе им. А.М.Коллонтай при Посольстве России «Диктант Победы» написали Посол России С.С.Беляев, ученики школы, сотрудники российских загранучреждений в Швеции и члены их семей.
🇪🇪 В Эстонии в стенах Посольства России свои знания проверили проживающие в Эстонии соотечественники, сотрудники дипмиссии и их дети.
👉 Собрали для вашего удобства все материалы в нашей единой общей подборке.
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with CBS (Moscow, April 27, 2025)
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Key talking points
• We continue our contacts with the American Side on the situation in Ukraine. There are several signs that we are moving in the right direction, first of all, because President Trump is probably the only leader on Earth who recognized the need to address the root causes of this situation. When he said that it was a huge mistake to pull Ukraine into NATO, and this was a mistake by the Biden administration, and he wants to rectify this.
• We only target military goals or civilian sites used by the military. President Putin expressed this for so many times, and this is not different this time as well. We never consciously target civilian sites, unlike the Zelensky regime.
• The Trump administration is interested in searching for a balance of interest. They sincerely want to understand better the Russian position. And they're getting this understanding. And we understand better the American position through negotiations and meetings and discussions, which we have with them.
• We are really polite people. And unlike some others, we never discuss in public what is being discussed in negotiations. Otherwise, negotiations are not serious.
• Whenever we discuss Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, anything, American negotiators put on top human rights. They have claims in this regard to China, to us, to anybody. But whenever Europeans and other Western nations speak about Ukraine, nobody can even mumble the words "human rights".
• We have nothing against American companies, but those companies who decided to leave their business in Russia might find that their place has been already taken by Russian or other foreign investors. And in this case, we would not make any decisions which would discriminate those who came to invest in Russia instead of Americans. If American companies would like to come to a place which is not yet occupied, if they want to propose a project, a new project on top of the previous business ties, of course, we will look into this. And if we find balance of our interests, I think it would be only natural to get into business together.
• We have been promoting for many years in the United Nations a resolution prohibiting putting any nuclear weapons into outer space. The country which is categorically against it is the United States. At least during the Biden administration, this was the case, they were categorically against it. At the same time, the United States promotes an approach according to which they want to prohibit putting conventional weapons in outer space. And they cannot answer the question, "Does this mean that nuclear weapons, they would be planning to move to the orbit?"
• It was the United States which broke the process of strengthening strategic stability. And if the United States is willing to get back to this track, we will see what are the conditions under which this might be possible.
• We welcome the dialogue between the US and Iran. We would be certainly ready to help if both parties believe this is going to be useful. And they know that we are ready.
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Key talking points
• We continue our contacts with the American Side on the situation in Ukraine. There are several signs that we are moving in the right direction, first of all, because President Trump is probably the only leader on Earth who recognized the need to address the root causes of this situation. When he said that it was a huge mistake to pull Ukraine into NATO, and this was a mistake by the Biden administration, and he wants to rectify this.
• We only target military goals or civilian sites used by the military. President Putin expressed this for so many times, and this is not different this time as well. We never consciously target civilian sites, unlike the Zelensky regime.
• The Trump administration is interested in searching for a balance of interest. They sincerely want to understand better the Russian position. And they're getting this understanding. And we understand better the American position through negotiations and meetings and discussions, which we have with them.
• We are really polite people. And unlike some others, we never discuss in public what is being discussed in negotiations. Otherwise, negotiations are not serious.
• Whenever we discuss Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, anything, American negotiators put on top human rights. They have claims in this regard to China, to us, to anybody. But whenever Europeans and other Western nations speak about Ukraine, nobody can even mumble the words "human rights".
• We have nothing against American companies, but those companies who decided to leave their business in Russia might find that their place has been already taken by Russian or other foreign investors. And in this case, we would not make any decisions which would discriminate those who came to invest in Russia instead of Americans. If American companies would like to come to a place which is not yet occupied, if they want to propose a project, a new project on top of the previous business ties, of course, we will look into this. And if we find balance of our interests, I think it would be only natural to get into business together.
• We have been promoting for many years in the United Nations a resolution prohibiting putting any nuclear weapons into outer space. The country which is categorically against it is the United States. At least during the Biden administration, this was the case, they were categorically against it. At the same time, the United States promotes an approach according to which they want to prohibit putting conventional weapons in outer space. And they cannot answer the question, "Does this mean that nuclear weapons, they would be planning to move to the orbit?"
• It was the United States which broke the process of strengthening strategic stability. And if the United States is willing to get back to this track, we will see what are the conditions under which this might be possible.
• We welcome the dialogue between the US and Iran. We would be certainly ready to help if both parties believe this is going to be useful. And they know that we are ready.
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#KievRegimeCrimes
📑 The quarterly report on the crimes committed by the Kiev regime in January — March 2025 has been compiled by Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large on the crimes committed by the Kiev regime, Rodion Miroshnik, and has been presented on April 28, 2025, during the Ambassador's briefing.
During the first three months of 2025, the armed formations of the Kiev regime systematically shelled objects of civilian infrastructure on the territory of the Russian Federation, deliberately targeting civilians.
During this period, at least 22,221 munitions were fired at civilian targets. In total, since February 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have fired at least 251,865 munitions of various calibres and modifications at Russian civilian sites.
❗️ A sharp increase in the number of Ukrainian shelling attacks was recorded in the last weeks of March. This is how Kiev reacted to the start of the negotiating process between Moscow and Washington. The number of attacks during this period reached 300 per 24 hours, or more than 2,000 per week, which is approximately 25% higher than the weekly figures for January and February.
The increase in the number of civilian victims documented in the second half of March is directly linked to Kiev’s attempts to oppose the search for a peaceful settlement and to the thwarting of the agreement on a 30-day moratorium on strikes on energy facilities. The Ukrainian side deliberately carried out a number of targeted attacks on crowded places resulting in numerous civilian victims.
▪️ Civilian sites in the Belgorod Region, the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Kherson, Kursk and Zaporozhye regions, as well as the Lugansk People’s Republic, were most frequently shelled during the above-mentioned period.
• From January 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025, there were at least 1,489 verified civilian victims resulting from the Ukrainian forces’ attacks:
🔻 1,197 people, including 63 minors, wounded;
🔻 292 civilians, including five children, killed.
• At least 21,002 civilian victims caused by the Ukrainian formations’ attacks since the beginning of the conflict:
🔻 14,287 people, including 880 minors, wounded;
🔻 6,715 people, including 218 children, killed.
During this period, victims of numerous murders committed by Ukrainian militants in the Kursk Region’s villages of Russkoe Porechnoye, Makhnovka, and Cherkasskoe Porechnoye were found. The bodies of civilians were discovered in the town of Chasov Yar, DPR, who had been killed by the Ukrainian military while attempting to evacuate from the war zone. Moreover, fresh burials of civilians with signs of violent death have been found in the village of Dvurechnaya, Kharkov Region, which was liberated from Ukrainian neo-Nazis.
During the first three months of 2025, the Ukrainian Armed Forces intensively used various types of UAVs to attack objects of civilian infrastructure, and to kill and maim civilians. <...> 409 civilians were hurt in Ukrainian drone attacks. Twenty-three people, including three children, were killed, and 386 people, including 24 minors, were wounded. <...> The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out barrages of targeted strikes on medical personnel, rescue and emergency workers.
Since the beginning of the year, the AFU militants have intensified a targeted manhunt for media teams covering the special military operation and the Kiev regime’s criminal acts against civilians on the frontline territories. A premeditated attack on a group of journalists in the Kremennaya District, LPR, is a compelling example. A US-made HIMARS MLRS was used to kill three Russian journalists on the spot. All in all, over the past three months, 13 Russian media workers fell victim to criminal actions of the Ukrainian armed forces. Six of them died.
📖 Full report (pdf)
📑 The quarterly report on the crimes committed by the Kiev regime in January — March 2025 has been compiled by Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large on the crimes committed by the Kiev regime, Rodion Miroshnik, and has been presented on April 28, 2025, during the Ambassador's briefing.
During the first three months of 2025, the armed formations of the Kiev regime systematically shelled objects of civilian infrastructure on the territory of the Russian Federation, deliberately targeting civilians.
During this period, at least 22,221 munitions were fired at civilian targets. In total, since February 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have fired at least 251,865 munitions of various calibres and modifications at Russian civilian sites.
❗️ A sharp increase in the number of Ukrainian shelling attacks was recorded in the last weeks of March. This is how Kiev reacted to the start of the negotiating process between Moscow and Washington. The number of attacks during this period reached 300 per 24 hours, or more than 2,000 per week, which is approximately 25% higher than the weekly figures for January and February.
The increase in the number of civilian victims documented in the second half of March is directly linked to Kiev’s attempts to oppose the search for a peaceful settlement and to the thwarting of the agreement on a 30-day moratorium on strikes on energy facilities. The Ukrainian side deliberately carried out a number of targeted attacks on crowded places resulting in numerous civilian victims.
▪️ Civilian sites in the Belgorod Region, the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Kherson, Kursk and Zaporozhye regions, as well as the Lugansk People’s Republic, were most frequently shelled during the above-mentioned period.
• From January 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025, there were at least 1,489 verified civilian victims resulting from the Ukrainian forces’ attacks:
🔻 1,197 people, including 63 minors, wounded;
🔻 292 civilians, including five children, killed.
• At least 21,002 civilian victims caused by the Ukrainian formations’ attacks since the beginning of the conflict:
🔻 14,287 people, including 880 minors, wounded;
🔻 6,715 people, including 218 children, killed.
During this period, victims of numerous murders committed by Ukrainian militants in the Kursk Region’s villages of Russkoe Porechnoye, Makhnovka, and Cherkasskoe Porechnoye were found. The bodies of civilians were discovered in the town of Chasov Yar, DPR, who had been killed by the Ukrainian military while attempting to evacuate from the war zone. Moreover, fresh burials of civilians with signs of violent death have been found in the village of Dvurechnaya, Kharkov Region, which was liberated from Ukrainian neo-Nazis.
During the first three months of 2025, the Ukrainian Armed Forces intensively used various types of UAVs to attack objects of civilian infrastructure, and to kill and maim civilians. <...> 409 civilians were hurt in Ukrainian drone attacks. Twenty-three people, including three children, were killed, and 386 people, including 24 minors, were wounded. <...> The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out barrages of targeted strikes on medical personnel, rescue and emergency workers.
Since the beginning of the year, the AFU militants have intensified a targeted manhunt for media teams covering the special military operation and the Kiev regime’s criminal acts against civilians on the frontline territories. A premeditated attack on a group of journalists in the Kremennaya District, LPR, is a compelling example. A US-made HIMARS MLRS was used to kill three Russian journalists on the spot. All in all, over the past three months, 13 Russian media workers fell victim to criminal actions of the Ukrainian armed forces. Six of them died.
📖 Full report (pdf)
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🗓On April 28-29, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will attend a Brazil-chaired meeting of BRICS Foreign Ministers in Rio de Janeiro.
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The Meeting will involve an in-depth exchange of views on a broad range of current international issues, as well as on cooperation at multilateral venues. The Ministers will also discuss further #BRICS cooperation and preparations for the XVII BRICS Summit scheduled for 6-7 July.
An expanded ministerial session will be held with representatives of BRICS partner states. The decision to establish this category was approved by the BRICS Summit in Kazan in October 2024.
🤝 Russia prioritises the strengthening of BRICS strategic partnership. With the ongoing transformation of the international situation, BRICS serves as a true voice of the Global Majority countries, demonstrating a commitment to a fair reform of the global governance system based on equitable and mutually respectful dialogue, a collective approach to problem-solving and a sensible balance of interests.
Our interaction is rooted in the aspiration to form a multipolar, more democratic and representative world order model grounded in international law and respect for states’ sovereign choice of their own development path.
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The Meeting will involve an in-depth exchange of views on a broad range of current international issues, as well as on cooperation at multilateral venues. The Ministers will also discuss further #BRICS cooperation and preparations for the XVII BRICS Summit scheduled for 6-7 July.
An expanded ministerial session will be held with representatives of BRICS partner states. The decision to establish this category was approved by the BRICS Summit in Kazan in October 2024.
🤝 Russia prioritises the strengthening of BRICS strategic partnership. With the ongoing transformation of the international situation, BRICS serves as a true voice of the Global Majority countries, demonstrating a commitment to a fair reform of the global governance system based on equitable and mutually respectful dialogue, a collective approach to problem-solving and a sensible balance of interests.
Our interaction is rooted in the aspiration to form a multipolar, more democratic and representative world order model grounded in international law and respect for states’ sovereign choice of their own development path.
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⚡️ By the decision of the President of the Russian Federation and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, and for humanitarian reasons, the Russian side is declaring a ceasefire from midnight on May 8 to midnight on May 11 (00:00 on May 8 — 00:00 on May 11) during the days marking the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
❗️ All military actions will be halted during this period.
Russia believes that the Ukrainian side should demonstrate similar restraint.
In the event of violations of the ceasefire by the Ukrainian side, the Russian Armed Forces will respond in an adequate and effective manner.
The Russian side once again reaffirms its readiness for peace talks without preconditions, aimed at addressing the root causes of the Ukraine crisis and engaging constructively with international partners.
❗️ All military actions will be halted during this period.
Russia believes that the Ukrainian side should demonstrate similar restraint.
In the event of violations of the ceasefire by the Ukrainian side, the Russian Armed Forces will respond in an adequate and effective manner.
The Russian side once again reaffirms its readiness for peace talks without preconditions, aimed at addressing the root causes of the Ukraine crisis and engaging constructively with international partners.
Великая Отечественная оставила свой след и в Швеции. В год 80-летия Победы представители российского Посольства в Стокгольме отправились на Север и Юг страны, чтобы почтить память советских граждан.
23 апреля с.г. в г. Лулео сотрудники роспосольства во главе с советником-посланником В.А.Ляпиным приняли участие в церемонии возложения цветов к мемориалу, посвященному советским воинам и гражданским лицам, освобожденным из немецких лагерей в Норвегии.
В 1945 г. на месте данного памятного камня (установленного по инициативе организации российских соотечественников в Швеции «Спутник» и при поддержке Посольства России в Стокгольме) располагался пересылочный лагерь для бывших советских военнопленных.
28 апреля Посол России в Швеции С.С.Беляев, Почетный консул России в Мальмё Л.Браттмарк, сотрудники Посольства и представители организаций соотечественников посетили захоронения в Мальме и Лунде, чтобы почтить память советских военных, которые отдали свою жизнь за нашу страну и за освобождение Европы от фашизма.
Посол С.С.Беляев поздравил всех собравшихся с наступающим великим для нас праздником Победы. Панихиды по усопшим отслужил настоятель Сергиевского прихода в Стокгольме игумен Никита Добронравов.
Вечная память тем, кто пал за нашу Родину и за свободу Европы и мира!
#Победа80 #МыПомним
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#KievRegimeCrimes
🗓 On April 28, Russia's Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large on the crimes committed by the Kiev regime, Rodion Miroshnik, held a briefing at the Ministry's Press Centre. A summary report of the crimes committed by Ukrainian neo-Nazis in the first quarter of 2025 was presented.
👉 Quarterly report on the crimes committed by the Kiev regime (January — March 2025)
Excerpts from the statement by Rodion Miroshnik:
• The data presented [in the report] was collected through our cooperation with the relevant federal agencies and local administrations in regions affected by the conflict. <...> Our conclusions are based on testimonies from victims and witnesses of crimes of Ukrainian neo-Nazis.
• Crimes committed by Ukrainian militants against civilians have been carried out as part of a coordinated state policy by the Kiev regime aimed at attacking civilian population of Russian regions. The criminal strategy of the Zelensky regime is to sow panic among local civilian population and to undermine Russia from within.
• The increase in shelling and casualties among civilians is directly linked to Zelensky's policies and those of his puppeteers. <...> The sharp rise in the number of Ukrainian shellings was recorded in the last weeks of March. It has been in reaction to negotiations between Moscow and Washington. During this period, the number of daily shellings reached 300, or more than 2'000 shellings per week, around 25% higher than the weekly figures for January and February 2025.
• From January 1 to March 31, the actions of the Ukrainian army caused casualties among at least 1'489 civilians. 1'197 were wounded and 292 were killed. 68 minors were harmed, and five were killed.
• After March 18, following the telephone conversation between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, the number of victims from Ukrainian shelling increased by at least 33%. In the last two weeks of March, more than 150 civilians were killed by Ukrainian forces each week.
• Now that the liberation of our territory from Ukrainian punishers and militants has been completed, investigations into the crimes of Ukrainian armed groups will be intensified. In several towns, such as Nikolaev-Daryiny, Plekhova, and Guyeva in the Kursk region, only half of the civilians who were unable to evacuate before the Ukrainian Nazis took over survived.
• Ukrainian militants captured by Russian forces have already confessed, admitting that they were ordered by their commanders not to spare civilians.
• With almost no trust between the parties to the conflict, [the Kiev regime] has completely derailed the agreement regarding the introduction of a 30-day moratorium on strikes against energy infrastructure.
• We are witnessing a dangerous trend that in the context of attempts by the United States and Russia to find peaceful solutions to the situation, the risk of provocations by the Ukrainian side is increasing. As practice shows, Kiev is prone to organising such provocations on its own territory, resulting in the deaths and injuries of its own citizens, especially when independent investigations into these incidents are virtually impossible.
🗓 On April 28, Russia's Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large on the crimes committed by the Kiev regime, Rodion Miroshnik, held a briefing at the Ministry's Press Centre. A summary report of the crimes committed by Ukrainian neo-Nazis in the first quarter of 2025 was presented.
👉 Quarterly report on the crimes committed by the Kiev regime (January — March 2025)
Excerpts from the statement by Rodion Miroshnik:
• The data presented [in the report] was collected through our cooperation with the relevant federal agencies and local administrations in regions affected by the conflict. <...> Our conclusions are based on testimonies from victims and witnesses of crimes of Ukrainian neo-Nazis.
• Crimes committed by Ukrainian militants against civilians have been carried out as part of a coordinated state policy by the Kiev regime aimed at attacking civilian population of Russian regions. The criminal strategy of the Zelensky regime is to sow panic among local civilian population and to undermine Russia from within.
• The increase in shelling and casualties among civilians is directly linked to Zelensky's policies and those of his puppeteers. <...> The sharp rise in the number of Ukrainian shellings was recorded in the last weeks of March. It has been in reaction to negotiations between Moscow and Washington. During this period, the number of daily shellings reached 300, or more than 2'000 shellings per week, around 25% higher than the weekly figures for January and February 2025.
• From January 1 to March 31, the actions of the Ukrainian army caused casualties among at least 1'489 civilians. 1'197 were wounded and 292 were killed. 68 minors were harmed, and five were killed.
• After March 18, following the telephone conversation between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, the number of victims from Ukrainian shelling increased by at least 33%. In the last two weeks of March, more than 150 civilians were killed by Ukrainian forces each week.
• Now that the liberation of our territory from Ukrainian punishers and militants has been completed, investigations into the crimes of Ukrainian armed groups will be intensified. In several towns, such as Nikolaev-Daryiny, Plekhova, and Guyeva in the Kursk region, only half of the civilians who were unable to evacuate before the Ukrainian Nazis took over survived.
• Ukrainian militants captured by Russian forces have already confessed, admitting that they were ordered by their commanders not to spare civilians.
• With almost no trust between the parties to the conflict, [the Kiev regime] has completely derailed the agreement regarding the introduction of a 30-day moratorium on strikes against energy infrastructure.
• We are witnessing a dangerous trend that in the context of attempts by the United States and Russia to find peaceful solutions to the situation, the risk of provocations by the Ukrainian side is increasing. As practice shows, Kiev is prone to organising such provocations on its own territory, resulting in the deaths and injuries of its own citizens, especially when independent investigations into these incidents are virtually impossible.