The heads of the Russian 🇷🇺 diplomatic missions also honored the memory of the fallen Soviet soldier-liberators buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery. Nobody is forgotten, nothing is forgotten. #weremember #wehonour
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Руководители 🇷🇺 загранучреждений также почтили память павших советских воинов-освободителей, захороненных на Центральном кладбище Вены. Никто не забыт, ничто не забыто. #помним #гордимся #ДеньПобеды
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Руководители 🇷🇺 загранучреждений также почтили память павших советских воинов-освободителей, захороненных на Центральном кладбище Вены. Никто не забыт, ничто не забыто. #помним #гордимся #ДеньПобеды
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📹 How the Kiev regime has been killing Donbass
(a comprehensive timeline and factual evidence)
The Western mainstream media and political elites have created a metauniverse of their own as regards the sequence of events in Ukraine and Donbass - one that has nothing to do with reality.
Yet #WeRemember and with this video remind of the hard facts: the Kiev regime, installed following a West-backed coup d'état, has been shelling and attacking the residents of Donbass as well as restricting and persecuting the Russian-speaking population of Ukraine itself.
It is ever more relevant to recall these facts, considering the destructive stance of the Western nations, willing to sacrifice decades of the OSCE accomplishments and achievements towards their murky political goals. Against the backdrop of the scandalous OSCE Ministerial in Łódź happening right now - Poland as the current OSCE chair barred FM Sergey Lavrov from participation - we simply speak the truth.
👉 To get the full picture make sure to read the Russian MFA Statement and watch today's FM Lavrov's news conference on the matter.
(a comprehensive timeline and factual evidence)
The Western mainstream media and political elites have created a metauniverse of their own as regards the sequence of events in Ukraine and Donbass - one that has nothing to do with reality.
Yet #WeRemember and with this video remind of the hard facts: the Kiev regime, installed following a West-backed coup d'état, has been shelling and attacking the residents of Donbass as well as restricting and persecuting the Russian-speaking population of Ukraine itself.
It is ever more relevant to recall these facts, considering the destructive stance of the Western nations, willing to sacrifice decades of the OSCE accomplishments and achievements towards their murky political goals. Against the backdrop of the scandalous OSCE Ministerial in Łódź happening right now - Poland as the current OSCE chair barred FM Sergey Lavrov from participation - we simply speak the truth.
👉 To get the full picture make sure to read the Russian MFA Statement and watch today's FM Lavrov's news conference on the matter.
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⭐️ On this day in 1945, over 400 Soviet prisoners of war daringly escaped from #Mauthausen concentration camp in Upper Austria. This rebellion was among the biggest in World War II history.
The largest groups of prisoners at the camp were citizens of the USSR, Poland and Hungary. Soviet POWs who were earlier suspected of resistance activities, were held under the most unbearable conditions in Block 20. The prisoners were beaten, often to death, for the slightest infraction.
On the night of February 3, 1945, 419 prisoners of “Death Block” made an escape. All local units of the SA, the Wehrmacht, the Gendarmerie as well as groups of volunteers joined in their hunt. Overall, 300 escapees were caught and only 57 of them were returned alive to the camp where they were subsequently brutally tortured to death.
Former Mauthausen prisoner Nikolai Parshin wrote after the war, “The prisoners of Death Block stood up against their henchmen and escaped from the hell on earth the Nazis had made. They died with honour as warriors should. And they are not gone, they are heroes that will remain eternally alive. The memory of them will live on in our hearts forever.”
🕯 The total number of prisoners in Mauthausen was 335,000 of which 122,000 were either executed or worked, tortured or starved to death. Over 32,000 of the dead were citizens of our country.
Among those who were savagely tortured to death by the Nazis was Lieutenant General Dmitry Karbyshev. The Nazis did their worst to get him to become a collaborator, as he was an outstanding commander and an unrivalled expert in fortifications, but they failed. Dmitry Karbyhev was 64 when he died.
#Victory77 #WeRemember #FacesOfVictory
The largest groups of prisoners at the camp were citizens of the USSR, Poland and Hungary. Soviet POWs who were earlier suspected of resistance activities, were held under the most unbearable conditions in Block 20. The prisoners were beaten, often to death, for the slightest infraction.
On the night of February 3, 1945, 419 prisoners of “Death Block” made an escape. All local units of the SA, the Wehrmacht, the Gendarmerie as well as groups of volunteers joined in their hunt. Overall, 300 escapees were caught and only 57 of them were returned alive to the camp where they were subsequently brutally tortured to death.
Former Mauthausen prisoner Nikolai Parshin wrote after the war, “The prisoners of Death Block stood up against their henchmen and escaped from the hell on earth the Nazis had made. They died with honour as warriors should. And they are not gone, they are heroes that will remain eternally alive. The memory of them will live on in our hearts forever.”
🕯 The total number of prisoners in Mauthausen was 335,000 of which 122,000 were either executed or worked, tortured or starved to death. Over 32,000 of the dead were citizens of our country.
Among those who were savagely tortured to death by the Nazis was Lieutenant General Dmitry Karbyshev. The Nazis did their worst to get him to become a collaborator, as he was an outstanding commander and an unrivalled expert in fortifications, but they failed. Dmitry Karbyhev was 64 when he died.
#Victory77 #WeRemember #FacesOfVictory
🎖Сегодня по случаю Дня защитника Отечества 🇷🇺 Постпред России при ОБСЕ А.К.Лукашевич, Посол России в Австрии Д.Е.Любинский, Постпред России при международных организациях в Вене М.И.Ульянов, Торгпред России в Австрии А.Плотников возложили венки к памятнику советским войнам, погибшим при освобождении Австрии 🇦🇹 от фашизма в Вене
#МыПомним
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🎖Today on the occasion of Fatherland Defender's Day 🇷🇺 Permanent Representative of Russia to the OSCE A.Lukashevich, Russian Ambassador to Austria D.Lyubinsky, Permanent Representative of Russia to International Organizations in Vienna M.Ulyanov, Trade representative of the Russian Federation A.Plotnikov laid a wreaths at the monument to Soviet soldiers died during the liberation of 🇦🇹 Austria from fascism
#WeRemember
#МыПомним
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🎖Today on the occasion of Fatherland Defender's Day 🇷🇺 Permanent Representative of Russia to the OSCE A.Lukashevich, Russian Ambassador to Austria D.Lyubinsky, Permanent Representative of Russia to International Organizations in Vienna M.Ulyanov, Trade representative of the Russian Federation A.Plotnikov laid a wreaths at the monument to Soviet soldiers died during the liberation of 🇦🇹 Austria from fascism
#WeRemember
🗓 По случаю Дня освобождения Вены от немецко-фашистских захватчиков Посол России в Австрии Д.Е.Любинский, Постпред России при международных организациях в Вене М.И.Ульянов, заместитель Постпреда России при ОБСЕ М.В.Буякевич, советник-посланник Посольства России в Австрии В.М.Вешкурцев, заместитель Постпреда России при МО С.Г.Федеряков почтили память советских солдат на центральном кладбище и площади Шварценберг в Вене
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🗓 On the occasion of the Day of Liberation of Vienna from Nazi invaders Russian Ambassador to Austria D.Lyubinsky, Permanent Representative of Russia to International Organizations in Vienna M.Ulyanov, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the OSCE M.Buyakevich, Minister counsellor of the Russian Embassy in Austria V.Veshkurtsev, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to International Organizations in Vienna S.Federyakov honored the memory of Soviet soldiers at the central cemetery and Schwarzenberg Square in Vienna
#МыПомним #WeRemember
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🗓 On the occasion of the Day of Liberation of Vienna from Nazi invaders Russian Ambassador to Austria D.Lyubinsky, Permanent Representative of Russia to International Organizations in Vienna M.Ulyanov, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the OSCE M.Buyakevich, Minister counsellor of the Russian Embassy in Austria V.Veshkurtsev, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to International Organizations in Vienna S.Federyakov honored the memory of Soviet soldiers at the central cemetery and Schwarzenberg Square in Vienna
#МыПомним #WeRemember
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🕯 Today marks 8️⃣ years since prominent Ukrainian independent journalist Oles' #Buzina was murdered in cold blood in Kiev. He strongly opposed the rise of Neo-Nazism & the 2014 coup d'etat in Ukraine.
His murderers roam free with their Neo-Nazi "buddies" now in charge. Yet #WeRemember,
#JusticeForBuzina
His murderers roam free with their Neo-Nazi "buddies" now in charge. Yet #WeRemember,
#JusticeForBuzina
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🕯 June 22 marks the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow in Russia.
82 years ago, at 4 am, Nazi Germany perfidiously attacked the Soviet Union after a lengthy artillery barrage and without a declaration of war. Nazi forces launched attacks along the entire length of the Soviet border, from the Barents to the Black Sea.
This is how the Great Patriotic War began, opening one of the most tragic chapters in the history of our country.
Romania and Italy sided with Germany. Slovakia, Finland and Hungary joined them in several days later. The aggressors controlled the industrial potential and other resources of virtually all the continental European countries.
The bloodiest war in history lasted 1,418 days and nights and culminated in the Victory of the Soviet Union and its allies, and it entailed the complete defeat of Axis countries.
❗️ The Soviet Union accounted for 40 percent of wartime losses. Its casualties totalled 26.6 million war dead, including over 8.7 million killed in action. The Nazis deliberately exterminated 7.42 million people on the occupied territories.
#WeRemember how, after living through the war and despite certain disagreements, the nations of the world were united by a striving to prevent another monstrous conflict in the future and to avoid the mistakes of the past.
Unfortunately, Nazi ideology has proved resilient over the decades. They are using Nazi ideology once again for monstrous geopolitical experiments aimed at containing Russia. Collaborators who found refuge in the West after the war, Nazi criminals and their young followers are brandishing the banner of these ideas today.
🕯 The Candle of Remembrance memorial event has been held every June 22 since 2009. Everyone can honour the memory of the deceased with a moment of silence, light a candle and lay flowers at a military burial site or a Great Patriotic War monument.
#NoStatuteOfLimitations #Victory78
82 years ago, at 4 am, Nazi Germany perfidiously attacked the Soviet Union after a lengthy artillery barrage and without a declaration of war. Nazi forces launched attacks along the entire length of the Soviet border, from the Barents to the Black Sea.
This is how the Great Patriotic War began, opening one of the most tragic chapters in the history of our country.
Romania and Italy sided with Germany. Slovakia, Finland and Hungary joined them in several days later. The aggressors controlled the industrial potential and other resources of virtually all the continental European countries.
The bloodiest war in history lasted 1,418 days and nights and culminated in the Victory of the Soviet Union and its allies, and it entailed the complete defeat of Axis countries.
❗️ The Soviet Union accounted for 40 percent of wartime losses. Its casualties totalled 26.6 million war dead, including over 8.7 million killed in action. The Nazis deliberately exterminated 7.42 million people on the occupied territories.
#WeRemember how, after living through the war and despite certain disagreements, the nations of the world were united by a striving to prevent another monstrous conflict in the future and to avoid the mistakes of the past.
Unfortunately, Nazi ideology has proved resilient over the decades. They are using Nazi ideology once again for monstrous geopolitical experiments aimed at containing Russia. Collaborators who found refuge in the West after the war, Nazi criminals and their young followers are brandishing the banner of these ideas today.
🕯 The Candle of Remembrance memorial event has been held every June 22 since 2009. Everyone can honour the memory of the deceased with a moment of silence, light a candle and lay flowers at a military burial site or a Great Patriotic War monument.
#NoStatuteOfLimitations #Victory78
🎖On December 4, on the occasion of the Day of the Unknown Soldier, 🇷🇺 diplomats from the Permanent Mission of Russia to the OSCE, Russian Embassy in Austria, Permanent Mission of Russia to the International Organizations in Vienna and Russian Delegation in Vienna on Arms Control laid 💐wreaths at the war memorial graves in Bruck-an-der-Leitha.
#WeRemember
#WeRemember
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🕯 January 27 is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, established on November 1, 2005 by the decision of the United Nations General Assembly, which Russia co-authored.
On this day, commemorative events are held around the world to highlight the importance of combating neoNazism, xenophobia, racism and other forms of intolerance.
The date itself was not chosen at random - on January 27, 1945, during the Vistula-Oder Operation, the Soviet soldiers liberated the Auschwitz (Oswiecim) concentration camp. According to the available data, at least 1.3 million people passed through the camp during its existence, and some 1.1 million of them were... exterminated.
❗️ The slogan on the camp’s gate, “Work Sets You Free” (in German: “Arbeit macht frei”) underlines the utter inhumanity of the Nazi criminals and their boundless cynicism.
On that day the Red Army soldiers saved more than 7,000 prisoners left in the camp.
During World War II, ~20 million people, including approximately 7.4 million Soviet citizens, were murdered as a result of the aggression in the territories occupied by the Nazi Germany. Approximately 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis solely because of their ethnicity...
The UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/60/7 states: "The Holocaust, which resulted in the murder of one third of the Jewish people, along with countless members of other minorities, will forever be a warning to all people of the dangers of hatred, bigotry, racism and prejudice".
#WeRemember
On this day, commemorative events are held around the world to highlight the importance of combating neoNazism, xenophobia, racism and other forms of intolerance.
The date itself was not chosen at random - on January 27, 1945, during the Vistula-Oder Operation, the Soviet soldiers liberated the Auschwitz (Oswiecim) concentration camp. According to the available data, at least 1.3 million people passed through the camp during its existence, and some 1.1 million of them were... exterminated.
❗️ The slogan on the camp’s gate, “Work Sets You Free” (in German: “Arbeit macht frei”) underlines the utter inhumanity of the Nazi criminals and their boundless cynicism.
On that day the Red Army soldiers saved more than 7,000 prisoners left in the camp.
During World War II, ~20 million people, including approximately 7.4 million Soviet citizens, were murdered as a result of the aggression in the territories occupied by the Nazi Germany. Approximately 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis solely because of their ethnicity...
The UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/60/7 states: "The Holocaust, which resulted in the murder of one third of the Jewish people, along with countless members of other minorities, will forever be a warning to all people of the dangers of hatred, bigotry, racism and prejudice".
#WeRemember
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❗️ All this happened against the backdrop of terrible exhaustion from hunger and constant shelling by the enemy.
Children's diaries have a unique place in commemorating the resilience of ordinary people whose will to live triumphed over the oppression of the Third Reich. During this difficult time, some of the city’s children documented on paper the terrible events they witnessed day by day.
🕯 The most famous of these diaries was Tanya Savicheva's notebook, where six out of nine pages chronicle the dates of her relatives' deaths: her mother, grandmother, sister, brother and two uncles. Tragically, Tanya herself died during evacuation in the Gorky Region on July 1, 1944, at the age of 14.
Keeping a diary helped these children cope with anxiety, fear and loss. Under the onslaught of hunger, constant shelling and bombing, and the death of loved ones, a piece of paper and a pencil provided solace and support. These written accounts offer invaluable insights into the experiences of people during those terrible 872 days of the Siege.
📚 Today, on the 80th Anniversary of the lifting of the Siege, we share excerpts from the diaries of children who witnessed those tragic events.
#WeRemember
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🌟 On the occasion of the Day of Liberation of Vienna from Nazi invaders Russian Permanent Representative to the OSCE A.Lukashevich, Russian Ambassador to Austria D.Liubinskii, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to International Organizations in Vienna S.Federyakov, as well as Ambassadors of Central Asia and Belarus honored the memory of Soviet soldiers at the Schwarzenberg Square in Vienna
#WeRemember
#WeRemember
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🗓 On June 8, 1920 — 104 years ago — the most successful ace pilot of the Anti-Hitler Coalition, Three-time Hero of the Soviet Union and to Marshal of Air Forces Ivan Kozhedub was born.
⚔️ Ivan Kozhedub achieved his first aerial victory at the age of 23, on July 6, 1943, during the Battle of Kursk. During his 40th combat sortie at Kursk, he engaged in a battle 12 enemy aircraft and shot down a Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive-bomber, followed by another Stuka on July 7. On July 9, 1943, Kozhedub destroyed two Messerschmitt Me-109 fighters.
On October 1-12, 1943, he shot down 14 German aircraft during dogfights over the Dnieper — a unique combat episode in the history of Soviet aviation.
In August 1944, Kozhedub was appointed Deputy Commander of the 176th Guards Fighter Aircraft Regiment and started flying a new Lavochkin La-7 fighter.
During the Great Patriotic War, Kozhedub flew 330 combat missions, engaged in 120 dogfights and shot down 62 enemy aircraft.
After the Victory, he continued to serve with the Soviet Air Force and commanded a fighter aircraft division during the Korean War. Kozhedub was promoted to Air Marshal ahead of the 40th anniversary of the Great Victory.
🎖 Three-time Hero of the Soviet Union, Ivan Kozhedub received two Orders of Lenin, seven Orders of the Red Banner, one Order of Alexander Nevsky, one Order of the Great Patriotic War 1st Class, two Orders for of the Red Star, Orders for Service in the Soviet Armed Forces 2nd and 3rd Class, and multiple medals.
#FacesOfVictory #WeRemember
⚔️ Ivan Kozhedub achieved his first aerial victory at the age of 23, on July 6, 1943, during the Battle of Kursk. During his 40th combat sortie at Kursk, he engaged in a battle 12 enemy aircraft and shot down a Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive-bomber, followed by another Stuka on July 7. On July 9, 1943, Kozhedub destroyed two Messerschmitt Me-109 fighters.
On October 1-12, 1943, he shot down 14 German aircraft during dogfights over the Dnieper — a unique combat episode in the history of Soviet aviation.
In August 1944, Kozhedub was appointed Deputy Commander of the 176th Guards Fighter Aircraft Regiment and started flying a new Lavochkin La-7 fighter.
During the Great Patriotic War, Kozhedub flew 330 combat missions, engaged in 120 dogfights and shot down 62 enemy aircraft.
After the Victory, he continued to serve with the Soviet Air Force and commanded a fighter aircraft division during the Korean War. Kozhedub was promoted to Air Marshal ahead of the 40th anniversary of the Great Victory.
#FacesOfVictory #WeRemember
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🕯 June 22 marks the Day of Memory and Sorrow in Russia.
At dawn on June 2️⃣2️⃣, 1941, enemy aviation launched massive attacks on airfields, railway stations, Soviet naval bases and numerous cities along the entire western state border to a depth of up to 250-300 km.
This opened one of the most tragic chapters in our country’s history. The Great Patriotic War broke out.
Hitler had a lightning war in mind. Operation Barbarossa implied a crushing defeat of the Red Army and the defeat of the Soviet Union within a few months with the help of the hitherto faultless blitzkrieg tactics.
Romania, Italy and other countries joined Germany to form a united front against the Soviet Union.
However, the Red Army’s fierce resistance and the efforts of all Soviet people foiled the Third Reich’s plans.
🎙 The news about German invasion and the beginning of the war was announced over the radio. At noon on June 22 the People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs V.Molotov addressed the Soviet citizens with a phrase that went down in history:
“Ours is a righteous cause. The enemy shall be defeated. Victory will be ours”.
The Great Patriotic War lasted 1418 days and nights and ended on May 9, 1945 with the victory of the Soviet Union and the complete rout of the Nazi bloc.
❗️ The Soviet people perished amounts to 40% of all human losses in WWII, i.e. 26.6 million people! Of them, more than 8.7 million died in combat, 7.42 million were intentionally exterminated by the Nazis in the occupied territories, and over 4.1 million died from the atrocious conditions of the occupation regime.
• Since 2009, the day marked by the Candle of Memory nationwide action. Candles are lit throughout Russia in the silence of the night in memory of all those who died during the Great Patriotic War protecting our peaceful life.
Since 2020, an annual nationwide minute of silence has been held at 12:15 Moscow time the exact time when the Soviet government announced Nazi Germany’s invasion.
🔗 Read our full material for more information
#Victory79 #WeRemember
At dawn on June 2️⃣2️⃣, 1941, enemy aviation launched massive attacks on airfields, railway stations, Soviet naval bases and numerous cities along the entire western state border to a depth of up to 250-300 km.
This opened one of the most tragic chapters in our country’s history. The Great Patriotic War broke out.
Hitler had a lightning war in mind. Operation Barbarossa implied a crushing defeat of the Red Army and the defeat of the Soviet Union within a few months with the help of the hitherto faultless blitzkrieg tactics.
Romania, Italy and other countries joined Germany to form a united front against the Soviet Union.
However, the Red Army’s fierce resistance and the efforts of all Soviet people foiled the Third Reich’s plans.
🎙 The news about German invasion and the beginning of the war was announced over the radio. At noon on June 22 the People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs V.Molotov addressed the Soviet citizens with a phrase that went down in history:
“Ours is a righteous cause. The enemy shall be defeated. Victory will be ours”.
The Great Patriotic War lasted 1418 days and nights and ended on May 9, 1945 with the victory of the Soviet Union and the complete rout of the Nazi bloc.
❗️ The Soviet people perished amounts to 40% of all human losses in WWII, i.e. 26.6 million people! Of them, more than 8.7 million died in combat, 7.42 million were intentionally exterminated by the Nazis in the occupied territories, and over 4.1 million died from the atrocious conditions of the occupation regime.
• Since 2009, the day marked by the Candle of Memory nationwide action. Candles are lit throughout Russia in the silence of the night in memory of all those who died during the Great Patriotic War protecting our peaceful life.
Since 2020, an annual nationwide minute of silence has been held at 12:15 Moscow time the exact time when the Soviet government announced Nazi Germany’s invasion.
🔗 Read our full material for more information
#Victory79 #WeRemember
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By July 1943, a significant part of Soviet territory was still under Nazi control, but the potential of the Third Reich war machine was already running out. Trying to regain the initiative, the Wehrmacht command developed a summer offensive plan, codenamed Operation Citadel. The Nazis intended to destroy the Voronezh and Central fronts and crush the Red Army tank reserves near Prokhorovka, a village in the Belgorod Region.
🔻 By the night of July 9, German troops succeeded in cutting into the Voronezh Front defences, but their further advance was curbed. The German command then decided to try and break the Soviet defence line by striking at Prokhorovka, to reach Kursk from the south-east. To disrupt the offensive, the Voronezh Front command launched a counterattack on July 12, which went down in history as the Battle of Prokhorovka.
On July 12, Germany’s 2nd SS Panzer Corps faced off against two Soviet forces, Alexey Zhadov’s 5th Guards Army and the 5th Guards Tank Army commanded by Pavel Rotmistrov in the vicinity of Prokhorovka. The battle was fought with varying success; both sides were forced to draw on reserves.
✍️ Soviet ace tanker Vasily Bryukhov recalled in his memoirs: “Strong explosions often made a tank just collapse, turn into a pile of metal in a matter of seconds. <...> The opponents were perfect matches for each other. They fought desperately, ferociously, with fierce abandon.”
In every instance of the battle, the Red Army soldiers demonstrated unparalleled courage and extraordinary fighting skill. Thanks to their decisive actions, the enemy exhausted offensive opportunities and on July 16, began to withdraw its troops to the initial positions held at the beginning of the Battle of Kursk. The Red Army seized the strategic initiative and held it for the rest of the war.
#Victory79 #WeRemember
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