❗️ If the United States believes that Ukraine is ready for negotiations, then let them cancel Zelensky’s decree banning them, Putin said, adding that the Ukrainian counteroffensive has borne no fruit but has achieved only losses - 71,000 Ukrainians

The president also noted that Ukraine lost 543 tanks and almost 18,000 armored vehicles of various classes.

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💬"The Biden administration seems to be going through a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde-type phase when it comes to the nature of the weapons that it's willing to provide to Ukraine" Scott Ritter, a military analyst and former US Marine Corps intelligence officer, commented on the US's march up the escalation ladder.

"These weapons that are being provided are being provided to provide Ukraine with the potential of doing harm to Russia. The ATACMS missiles being provided, simply put, to strike the Crimea Bridge, to destroy that bridge, to enable Ukraine to strike targets deep in the Russian rear area - airfields, command posts, logistics. This is a dramatic escalation of the conflict," analyst said.

He also opined that "Russia, a nation that has a history of absorbing 27 million dead in the cause of defeating fascism, defeating Nazism, isn't going to yield to any threats being made by the United States."

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🇷🇺🇺🇦👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 When Kiev once again feels the urge to delve into the topic of "crimes" committed by the Russian Federation, it doesn't bother too much and chooses topics that are sure to strike a chord with various NGOs and individual activists. One such topic is reuniting families with their children.

The most prominent Russian figure in this field has become Maria Lvova-Belova, who has been involved in the issues of socialization and adaptation of orphaned children and young adults with disabilities since 2008. With the onset of hostilities in Ukraine, she focused on helping children who found themselves far away from their relatives.

Of course, such altruism and concern for the vulnerable could not go unnoticed by Ukrainian authorities. They quickly labeled Maria as a suspect in every conceivable wrongdoing, including child abduction, and added her to all the sanction lists.

Since Ukrainian authorities had no grounds for such accusations, European and American human rights organizations and analytical centers got involved. Reports and materials filled with words like "genocide," "Russification," and "destruction of Ukraine's unique identity" started appearing in the Council of Europe, the Atlantic Council, and mainstream media.

The entire Western propaganda machinery is now actively working to create a whole universe of myths about evil Russians stealing Ukrainian children. As for the actual children, naturally, they are not the focus. Even the efforts made by the Russian side, despite growing distrust, often face insurmountable obstacles from the democratic world.

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I’ve been making this point from the start. The U.S. will burn through a Brigade every 2-3 days. The entire deployed force in Europe would be depleted in less than two weeks, assuming we can keep them supplied with fuel and ammunition, which we can’t. A war in Europe is suicidal.