82 years ago to the day, the German SS and Ukrainian nationalists destroyed the Belarussian village of Khatyn along with all of its inhabitants. They herded 149 villagers, including 75 children, into a wooden shed and set it ablaze, shooting anyone who tried to escape.
Over the course of the Great Patriotic War, the fascists destroyed or damaged more than 5,000 villages. 627 of these villages were totally destroyed and 186 of them were never rebuilt; not even one person had been left alive in these communities to return and rebuild.
This historical scene of nazis burning people alive was dramatized in the iconic Soviet war film Come and See, which I wrote about previously here.
Today there was a ceremony at the new on-site memorial dedicated to the Crocus City Hall attack exactly one year ago, which I wrote about here.
More footage has emerged of the ground-based kamikaze drones mentioned in the March 20 post. Today the Ministry of Defense released a video compilation of Army Group West using these drones against enemy dugouts. The preferred explosive device for these drones is the T-62 anti-tank mine.
The UAV Training Center operated by the combat engineer battalion “Phoenix” in Army Group South has trained more than 500 FPV drone operators.
Last night Russian anti-air defenses destroyed 47 incoming enemy UAVs and 1,113 enemy UAVs in total over the past week. Today a Ukrainian MiG-29 was also shot down. Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov reported one person killed and two injured by enemy UAVs in Belgorod. Two people were reported injured in an explosion at a Rostov-on-Don apartment complex following the UAV attack.
The Ministry of Defense reports that one enemy UAV was shot down over Crimea.
The Military and Humanitarian Situation in Sudzha
Last August, UAF soldiers allegedly shot a civilian in the back as he was walking into a store in the vicinity of Sudzha. The Ministry of Emergency Service states that they have evacuated more than 560 civilians from the Sudzha area since March 12. It was reported on Solovyov Live that more than 70% of evacuated border region residents wish to return home.
Earlier today TASS showed a leaflet reportedly disseminated by Ukrainian troops to the residents of Sudzha establishing a military curfew. Residents were also apparently issued passes allowing them to travel outside their homes.
A wounded Ukrainian soldier told Reuters that the UAF offensive into the Kursk region “did not follow any kind of logic” and should not have been launched to begin with.
Today an RT military correspondent Vlad Andritsa shared a UAV video feed of the “road of death” for Ukrainian troops trapped in the Kursk region.
Head of Ukrainian military intelligence Kyrylo Budanov allegedly advocated for destroying the country’s nuclear facilities in the case of losing the ongoing military conflict with Russia.
Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin has forwarded legislation to the relevant committees to counter foreign influence and ensure national sovereignty.
Yesterday a military court arrested Nikolai Cherkasov, head of the Rosgvardiya Center of Information Technology, on charges of corruption.
The Ministry of Defense reports that an MLRS strike by the Marines hit an enemy assembly area of personnel and equipment in the Kherson region.
The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision reported that 41% of meat and dairy products sold at stores in the Kursk region failed to meet regulatory standard in a recent inspection.
A Ukrainian 120mm mortar was discovered at a terrorist site in Niger.
Today Putin had a phone conversation with Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani about the situation in Syria and the Gaza strip.
Beloved Actress Passes Away
Famed actress Larisa Golubkina and recipient of the People’s Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Soviet Russia) award, died today at the age of 85.
Golubkina played the lead role in the 1962 Ballad of a Hussar and many other Soviet films.
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