❗️By now, it is quite obvious that the regime in power in #Kiev is an openly #Nazi one, following in all its ideological inspirations from Nazi Germany and committing countless gross and systematic violations of human rights in all spheres of public life.
As has been repeatedly noted, neo-#Nazism has been practiced in #Ukraine at an accelerated pace for a long time, practically since "independence". And starting from 2014, when nationalists seized power in Kiev as a result of an unconstitutional armed coup d'état orchestrated by the West, violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms in Ukraine, and especially the glorification of Nazism, have become widespread and systemic.
☝️ With the active encouragement of Western handlers, authorities make efforts to shape a society based on Nazi ideas. To that end, Kiev has been consistently conducting aggressive neo‑Nazi propaganda, accompanied by rewriting the history of the Great Patriotic and Second World War. Glorification of Nazism, its promotion into all spheres of public life, systemic suppression of human rights, opposition and dissent, as well as the fight against everything connected with Russia, have become a targeted government policy in Ukraine.
Along with this, the country is consistently pursuing a course towards forced Ukrainization of all spheres of public life and accelerated assimilation of national minorities.
📖 Read the report by the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding the situation with the glorification of Nazism and the spread of Neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
#nazism #nazi #ww2 #racism #xenophobia #Ukraine #StopNazism
As has been repeatedly noted, neo-#Nazism has been practiced in #Ukraine at an accelerated pace for a long time, practically since "independence". And starting from 2014, when nationalists seized power in Kiev as a result of an unconstitutional armed coup d'état orchestrated by the West, violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms in Ukraine, and especially the glorification of Nazism, have become widespread and systemic.
☝️ With the active encouragement of Western handlers, authorities make efforts to shape a society based on Nazi ideas. To that end, Kiev has been consistently conducting aggressive neo‑Nazi propaganda, accompanied by rewriting the history of the Great Patriotic and Second World War. Glorification of Nazism, its promotion into all spheres of public life, systemic suppression of human rights, opposition and dissent, as well as the fight against everything connected with Russia, have become a targeted government policy in Ukraine.
Along with this, the country is consistently pursuing a course towards forced Ukrainization of all spheres of public life and accelerated assimilation of national minorities.
📖 Read the report by the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding the situation with the glorification of Nazism and the spread of Neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
#nazism #nazi #ww2 #racism #xenophobia #Ukraine #StopNazism
🇺🇸 The #US authorities continue trying to reconfigure public thinking by rewriting the history of the Second World War and its results.
As a rule, American authorities focus on the role of the United States and its Western allies in defeating #Nazism while neglecting the #USSR's substantial role in defeating Hitler's Germany. They would rather not discuss the Red Army's role in liberating prisoners from Auschwitz and other concentration camps.
☝️ In order to preserve a unipolar world and suppress the anti-colonial movement in the countries of the #GlobalSouth, without neglecting the ideas of racial, ethnic, cultural and economic superiority, depriving entire peoples of the prospects for independent and cultural and civilizational development, the United States, together with Great Britain, which once were together with the Soviet Union at the head of the anti-Hitler coalition, are now openly cultivating modern neo-Nazism. The anti-Semitism of the "classical" fascism of the 1930s and 1940s in Europe is being replaced by Russophobia, migrantophobia and Islamophobia.
📖 Read the report by the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding the situation with the glorification of Nazism and the spread of Neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
#nazism #nazi #ww2 #racism #xenophobia #USA #StopNazism
As a rule, American authorities focus on the role of the United States and its Western allies in defeating #Nazism while neglecting the #USSR's substantial role in defeating Hitler's Germany. They would rather not discuss the Red Army's role in liberating prisoners from Auschwitz and other concentration camps.
☝️ In order to preserve a unipolar world and suppress the anti-colonial movement in the countries of the #GlobalSouth, without neglecting the ideas of racial, ethnic, cultural and economic superiority, depriving entire peoples of the prospects for independent and cultural and civilizational development, the United States, together with Great Britain, which once were together with the Soviet Union at the head of the anti-Hitler coalition, are now openly cultivating modern neo-Nazism. The anti-Semitism of the "classical" fascism of the 1930s and 1940s in Europe is being replaced by Russophobia, migrantophobia and Islamophobia.
📖 Read the report by the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding the situation with the glorification of Nazism and the spread of Neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
#nazism #nazi #ww2 #racism #xenophobia #USA #StopNazism
📆 82 years ago, #OTD in 1942, a Soviet-French agreement was signed on the formation of the Normandie-Niemen Fighter Regiment on the territory of USSR which became extremely popular with Soviet people.
It was General de Gaulle, commander of the French resistance, who hatched the idea to send French pilots to the Russian front. The initiative was approved by the Soviet government.
🛫 The squadron became operational in March 1943, initially with 14 pilots and 47 mechanics in its ranks, but soon expanded and turned into a regiment.
French pilots completed more than 5,000 missions and shot down at least 273 German fighters. Out of the group’s initial makeup only three pilots survived.
🌟 Overall, about a hundred Frenchmen fought in the Normandie-Niemen regiment, 4 of them became Heroes of the Soviet Union – a rare honour for foreigners at that time.
#WW2 #WWII #WeRemember #Victory79 #FacesofVictory
It was General de Gaulle, commander of the French resistance, who hatched the idea to send French pilots to the Russian front. The initiative was approved by the Soviet government.
🛫 The squadron became operational in March 1943, initially with 14 pilots and 47 mechanics in its ranks, but soon expanded and turned into a regiment.
French pilots completed more than 5,000 missions and shot down at least 273 German fighters. Out of the group’s initial makeup only three pilots survived.
🌟 Overall, about a hundred Frenchmen fought in the Normandie-Niemen regiment, 4 of them became Heroes of the Soviet Union – a rare honour for foreigners at that time.
#WW2 #WWII #WeRemember #Victory79 #FacesofVictory
📆 81 years ago, #OTD in 1943 the Tehran Conference codenamed “Eureka” kicked off, the first meeting of the “Big Three” leaders Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill during #WW2.
It was held at the Soviet Embassy in Persia.
The most notable outcome of the Conference was the agreement on opening a second front in western Europe against #Nazi Germany in May 1944. At the same time USSR would launch another major offensive on the Eastern Front that would divert German troops away from the Allied campaign in northern France.
J.Stalin agreed in principle that the Soviet Union would declare war against Japan following an Allied victory over Germany.
❗️ At Tehran, the three Allied leaders also discussed important issues of the post-war period concerning future Polish borders, fate of the Baltic republics, formation of the United Nations organization.
#WW2 #WWII #WeRemember #Stalin #Roosevelt #Churchill #TehranConference
It was held at the Soviet Embassy in Persia.
The most notable outcome of the Conference was the agreement on opening a second front in western Europe against #Nazi Germany in May 1944. At the same time USSR would launch another major offensive on the Eastern Front that would divert German troops away from the Allied campaign in northern France.
J.Stalin agreed in principle that the Soviet Union would declare war against Japan following an Allied victory over Germany.
❗️ At Tehran, the three Allied leaders also discussed important issues of the post-war period concerning future Polish borders, fate of the Baltic republics, formation of the United Nations organization.
#WW2 #WWII #WeRemember #Stalin #Roosevelt #Churchill #TehranConference
❗️ We have repeatedly highlighted the selective approach practiced by Western countries when it comes to covering historical events, especially the ones in which our country played a key role in preserving the identity and freedom of those very Western countries.
📆 One of such events is the Ardennes Offensive, which took place in Belgium from Dec 1944 to Jan 1945.
Its 80th anniversary will be marked on a grand scale. A large number of delegations from different countries, except Russia, will take part in the memorial events. We are not forcing ourselves in other people’s events. We have enough memorable dates of our own. However, these events have a direct connection with our country.
The breakthrough by Wehrmacht tank and infantry formations in the Ardennes began on December 16, 1944, and had the American-British troops retreat almost 100 kilometres. Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower wrote to Washington that if the Soviet troops did not launch a new major offensive, the Allied forces in the West would find themselves in the direst situation.
☝️ Caught in a critical situation that threatened the Allies with surrendering Strasbourg and Paris, they were forced to turn to Moscow for help.
On January 6, 1945, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent a message to Stalin with a request to immediately step up the Red Army’s offensive on the Eastern Front in order to divert some of the Nazi troops from the Western Front.
In an effort to accommodate the Allies, the Supreme High Command General Headquarters moved the timeline of the Red Army’s winter offensive in Poland to early 1945, despite unfavourable weather that limited the use of aviation.
⚔️ During the 23 days of the Vistula-Oder strategic offensive operation, the Soviet troops swept away Nazis, advanced to a depth of 600 km, and widened the breakthrough to 1,000 km. A significant portion of Poland and Czechoslovakia was liberated from Nazi invaders, and military operations were transferred to the territory of Nazi Germany.
⚔️ Our rapid advance in the East forced Hitler to redeploy 15 of the most combat-ready German divisions from the Western Front, which allowed the Allies, by January 28, 1945, to throw back the German troops to the positions they had occupied before the Ardennes Offensive and, on January 29, to launch their own offensive against Germany.
⚠️ Today, in an effort to mythologise the image of the 1944-1945 Allied campaign and to give it the appearance of a triumphant single-army march to liberate Europe, some Western politicians and media turn everything upside down and try to portray the Ardennes Offensive almost as a key factor in the advance of the Red Army on the Eastern Front.
‼️ We not only condemn and reject such politicised and openly disingenuous attempts to distort historical facts, but we oppose them.
The Russian archives store letters by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Stalin, in which they, on behalf of their governments, expressed gratitude to the Soviet Union for its assistance during the critical days of the Ardennes Offensive and recognised the decisive role of the Soviet offensive in the East for its favourable outcome. Such are the facts.
#WW2 #WeRemember #Victory80
📆 One of such events is the Ardennes Offensive, which took place in Belgium from Dec 1944 to Jan 1945.
Its 80th anniversary will be marked on a grand scale. A large number of delegations from different countries, except Russia, will take part in the memorial events. We are not forcing ourselves in other people’s events. We have enough memorable dates of our own. However, these events have a direct connection with our country.
The breakthrough by Wehrmacht tank and infantry formations in the Ardennes began on December 16, 1944, and had the American-British troops retreat almost 100 kilometres. Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower wrote to Washington that if the Soviet troops did not launch a new major offensive, the Allied forces in the West would find themselves in the direst situation.
☝️ Caught in a critical situation that threatened the Allies with surrendering Strasbourg and Paris, they were forced to turn to Moscow for help.
On January 6, 1945, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent a message to Stalin with a request to immediately step up the Red Army’s offensive on the Eastern Front in order to divert some of the Nazi troops from the Western Front.
In an effort to accommodate the Allies, the Supreme High Command General Headquarters moved the timeline of the Red Army’s winter offensive in Poland to early 1945, despite unfavourable weather that limited the use of aviation.
⚔️ During the 23 days of the Vistula-Oder strategic offensive operation, the Soviet troops swept away Nazis, advanced to a depth of 600 km, and widened the breakthrough to 1,000 km. A significant portion of Poland and Czechoslovakia was liberated from Nazi invaders, and military operations were transferred to the territory of Nazi Germany.
⚔️ Our rapid advance in the East forced Hitler to redeploy 15 of the most combat-ready German divisions from the Western Front, which allowed the Allies, by January 28, 1945, to throw back the German troops to the positions they had occupied before the Ardennes Offensive and, on January 29, to launch their own offensive against Germany.
⚠️ Today, in an effort to mythologise the image of the 1944-1945 Allied campaign and to give it the appearance of a triumphant single-army march to liberate Europe, some Western politicians and media turn everything upside down and try to portray the Ardennes Offensive almost as a key factor in the advance of the Red Army on the Eastern Front.
‼️ We not only condemn and reject such politicised and openly disingenuous attempts to distort historical facts, but we oppose them.
The Russian archives store letters by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Stalin, in which they, on behalf of their governments, expressed gratitude to the Soviet Union for its assistance during the critical days of the Ardennes Offensive and recognised the decisive role of the Soviet offensive in the East for its favourable outcome. Such are the facts.
#WW2 #WeRemember #Victory80
🌟 Dec 20, 1944, became an important date in the liberation of #Hungary from #Nazis and their accomplices.
⚔️ It was #OTD 80 years ago that the troops of the 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts broke through the enemy's line of defense between the Danube and Lake Balaton and pincered a 188,000-strong Nazi formation of 50-60 kilometers from the Hungarian capital.
⚔️ And already on Dec 26, the Red Army units linked in the area of the city of Esztergom, closing the ring around Budapest.
❗️By the beginning of 1945, the active phase of the Budapest offensive operation began. As a result, the enemy was routed, and Hungary, liberated from fascism, left the war, which radically changed the course of military operations in Europe.
#WW2 #Victory80
⚔️ It was #OTD 80 years ago that the troops of the 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts broke through the enemy's line of defense between the Danube and Lake Balaton and pincered a 188,000-strong Nazi formation of 50-60 kilometers from the Hungarian capital.
⚔️ And already on Dec 26, the Red Army units linked in the area of the city of Esztergom, closing the ring around Budapest.
❗️By the beginning of 1945, the active phase of the Budapest offensive operation began. As a result, the enemy was routed, and Hungary, liberated from fascism, left the war, which radically changed the course of military operations in Europe.
#WW2 #Victory80
🌟 White Devils", "Ski Death", "Snow Ghosts" - those were the names given to special ski battalions of the Red Army during World War II due to their maneuverability.
In the winter of 1941, thousands of athletes and hunters were drafted into the ranks of ski troops. But there was not enough equipment for everyone; by that time, Soviet factories had stopped producing skis. Therefore, ski sets were collected from sports clubs, city recreation parks, through ski collection stations.
⚔️❄️ The Red Army soldiers defending #Moscow also needed skis. This is where the Moscuvites came to the rescue, donating their sports equipment. They brought more than 22,000 pairs of skis – enough to provide almost half of all the Red Army ski battalions participating in the Battle of Moscow.
#Victory80 #BattleofMoscow #WW2
In the winter of 1941, thousands of athletes and hunters were drafted into the ranks of ski troops. But there was not enough equipment for everyone; by that time, Soviet factories had stopped producing skis. Therefore, ski sets were collected from sports clubs, city recreation parks, through ski collection stations.
⚔️❄️ The Red Army soldiers defending #Moscow also needed skis. This is where the Moscuvites came to the rescue, donating their sports equipment. They brought more than 22,000 pairs of skis – enough to provide almost half of all the Red Army ski battalions participating in the Battle of Moscow.
#Victory80 #BattleofMoscow #WW2
THE STALINGRAD POCKET. OPERATION KOLTSO ⭐️
📆 #OTD in 1943, the Red Army began Operation Koltso (Ring) – the final engagement of the Battle of Stalingrad.
⚔️ The operation was part of a large-scale Soviet counteroffensive near Stalingrad (Operation Uranus), which followed 125 days of the heroic defence of the city. The Red Army launched an attack on Nov 19, 1942, and by the end of the year the 6th Army, led by Friedrich Paulus, was trapped between the Don and Volga rivers.
The encircled enemy force retained its combat strength with 250,000 troops, 4,130 artillery guns and mortars, 300 tanks and 100 planes, but the troops’ morale, psychological and physical condition were in a desperate state. Nevertheless, Berlin ordered Paulus to stand to the end.
⚡️ On Jan 8, the command of the Don Front issued an ultimatum to the occupying army, proposing that it put an end to the futile resistance and accept the capitulation terms. Paulus rejected the offer.
⚔️ In the morning of Jan 10, 1943, Soviet troops launched a coordinated attack from nearly all directions, gradually tightening the knot. Aware of their dire situation, German units started surrendering en masse. On Jan 31, Field Marshal Paulus and the generals and officers of his headquarters capitulated. The last remnants of Nazi forces ceased resistance on Feb 2.
☝️ The Operation Koltso resulted in the defeat of 22 German divisions and 149 separate units, lead to the capture of over 91,000 troops, including 24 generals.
#WW2 #WorldWar2 #Victory80 #BattleofStalingrad
📆 #OTD in 1943, the Red Army began Operation Koltso (Ring) – the final engagement of the Battle of Stalingrad.
⚔️ The operation was part of a large-scale Soviet counteroffensive near Stalingrad (Operation Uranus), which followed 125 days of the heroic defence of the city. The Red Army launched an attack on Nov 19, 1942, and by the end of the year the 6th Army, led by Friedrich Paulus, was trapped between the Don and Volga rivers.
The encircled enemy force retained its combat strength with 250,000 troops, 4,130 artillery guns and mortars, 300 tanks and 100 planes, but the troops’ morale, psychological and physical condition were in a desperate state. Nevertheless, Berlin ordered Paulus to stand to the end.
⚡️ On Jan 8, the command of the Don Front issued an ultimatum to the occupying army, proposing that it put an end to the futile resistance and accept the capitulation terms. Paulus rejected the offer.
⚔️ In the morning of Jan 10, 1943, Soviet troops launched a coordinated attack from nearly all directions, gradually tightening the knot. Aware of their dire situation, German units started surrendering en masse. On Jan 31, Field Marshal Paulus and the generals and officers of his headquarters capitulated. The last remnants of Nazi forces ceased resistance on Feb 2.
☝️ The Operation Koltso resulted in the defeat of 22 German divisions and 149 separate units, lead to the capture of over 91,000 troops, including 24 generals.
#WW2 #WorldWar2 #Victory80 #BattleofStalingrad
⭐️ THE RUN TO THE ODER ⭐️
📆 80 years ago, #OTD in 1945, the #Soviet Vistula-Oder strategic offensive was commenced, one of the major operations against Nazis conducted in the territory of #Poland and Germany.
Due to the rapid pace of the Red Army’s advance (up to 30 kilometres daily) it came down in history as ‘the run to the Oder.’
☝️ Initially, the operation was to be started on 20 January 1945. But in early January, due to the failure of UK and US troops in #Ardennes (read more), #Churchill asked #Stalin for an urgent offensive on the Eastern front in order to divert Nazi forces.
❗️ The results of the offensive surpassed all expectations – Soviet troops advanced westwards by over 500 km and in early February found themselves 60 km from Berlin.
⚔️ Within the 23 days of the operation, 35 Nazi divisions were completely destroyed, other 25 divisions lost 50-70% of their personnel, 150,000 #Nazi soldiers and officers were taken POWs.
🌟 Soviet troops took Krakow and encircled enemy forces in Poznan, liberated prisoners of #Auschwitz concentration camp.
The Red Army secured a foothold on the Oder River bank – to later start the Berlin offensive from there.
#Victory80 #WorldWar2 #WW2
📆 80 years ago, #OTD in 1945, the #Soviet Vistula-Oder strategic offensive was commenced, one of the major operations against Nazis conducted in the territory of #Poland and Germany.
Due to the rapid pace of the Red Army’s advance (up to 30 kilometres daily) it came down in history as ‘the run to the Oder.’
☝️ Initially, the operation was to be started on 20 January 1945. But in early January, due to the failure of UK and US troops in #Ardennes (read more), #Churchill asked #Stalin for an urgent offensive on the Eastern front in order to divert Nazi forces.
❗️ The results of the offensive surpassed all expectations – Soviet troops advanced westwards by over 500 km and in early February found themselves 60 km from Berlin.
⚔️ Within the 23 days of the operation, 35 Nazi divisions were completely destroyed, other 25 divisions lost 50-70% of their personnel, 150,000 #Nazi soldiers and officers were taken POWs.
🌟 Soviet troops took Krakow and encircled enemy forces in Poznan, liberated prisoners of #Auschwitz concentration camp.
The Red Army secured a foothold on the Oder River bank – to later start the Berlin offensive from there.
#Victory80 #WorldWar2 #WW2
⭐️ UNPARALLELED OPERATION ⭐️
80 years ago, #OTD in 1945 the East Prussian Strategic Offensive of the Red Army started with the purpose to defeat the enemy’s grouping in the East Prussia and the northern Poland. It was carried out by Soviet troops of the 2nd, the 3rd Belorussian and the 1st Baltic fronts, supported by the #Baltic Fleet.
East Prussia for ages had been the bastion of German militarism (this is how ‘The Big Three’ leaders – Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt – referred to it during the Yalta conference). Several defence lines were created there, each consisting of three trenches, also including minefields, barbed wire, pillboxes etc.
⚔️ The #Soviet command intended to breach Nazis’ defence in directions Koenigsberg and Marienburg and cut the Army Group “Centre” from the main Wehrmacht forces, then trap it against the Baltic Sea and defeat in parts.
To withstand the Soviet advance, Nazi command conscripted people of 14-70 years to Volkssturm batallions, bringing the total number of the resisting troops to 800,000.
⚔️ Within the offensive, 6 smaller operations were conducted. As a result of the Red Army’s efforts, #Nazi forces were dissected into 3 isolated parts all of which were liquidated by 25 April 1945. 25 Nazi divisions were eliminated and 12 more depleted. The enemy lost over 480,000 killed and wounded, with some 220,000 taken POWs. Soviet troops also suffered heavy losses.
❗️ Success of the offensive was of a great military and political significance. Having gained East Prussia, the Red Army eliminated the eastern outpost of German militarism and liberated the northern regions of #Poland. The Third Reich lost an economically important region. The enemy’s maritime communications were completely disrupted and supplies to the Courland grouping blocked in the Baltic region stalled.
#Victory80 #WorldWar2 #WW2
80 years ago, #OTD in 1945 the East Prussian Strategic Offensive of the Red Army started with the purpose to defeat the enemy’s grouping in the East Prussia and the northern Poland. It was carried out by Soviet troops of the 2nd, the 3rd Belorussian and the 1st Baltic fronts, supported by the #Baltic Fleet.
East Prussia for ages had been the bastion of German militarism (this is how ‘The Big Three’ leaders – Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt – referred to it during the Yalta conference). Several defence lines were created there, each consisting of three trenches, also including minefields, barbed wire, pillboxes etc.
⚔️ The #Soviet command intended to breach Nazis’ defence in directions Koenigsberg and Marienburg and cut the Army Group “Centre” from the main Wehrmacht forces, then trap it against the Baltic Sea and defeat in parts.
To withstand the Soviet advance, Nazi command conscripted people of 14-70 years to Volkssturm batallions, bringing the total number of the resisting troops to 800,000.
⚔️ Within the offensive, 6 smaller operations were conducted. As a result of the Red Army’s efforts, #Nazi forces were dissected into 3 isolated parts all of which were liquidated by 25 April 1945. 25 Nazi divisions were eliminated and 12 more depleted. The enemy lost over 480,000 killed and wounded, with some 220,000 taken POWs. Soviet troops also suffered heavy losses.
❗️ Success of the offensive was of a great military and political significance. Having gained East Prussia, the Red Army eliminated the eastern outpost of German militarism and liberated the northern regions of #Poland. The Third Reich lost an economically important region. The enemy’s maritime communications were completely disrupted and supplies to the Courland grouping blocked in the Baltic region stalled.
#Victory80 #WorldWar2 #WW2