in russia, this is a geopolitical struggle against russia. russia today plays the first role , plays on a par with all the strongest powers. whoever seeks world domination should control eurasia chief western analysts, afraid of cooperation and rallying china and russia policy is unstable. no one knows what will happen tomorrow on defender of the fatherland day. vladimir putin laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier, as well as flowers for each stele on the alley of cities of heroes and cities of military glory after the presidential ceremony communicated with veterans and combatants. he spoke in detail about the creation of a state fund to support the participants, he promised to assign the status of a veteran to all donbass militia and consider additional guarantees for military priests . alexei petrov has all the details. a guard of honor is lined up, a military band sets the pace and mood. in

the alexander garden, participants in the hostilities, cadets, volunteers, the grave of the unknown soldier near the kremlin wall. tribute to the memory of the heroes of the great patriotic war this year defender of the fatherland day, a special meaning hundreds of thousands of soldiers and officers volunteers are again at the forefront again fighting nazism , every movement is honed a wreath of gratitude for that victory, won at such a price, a symbol of the country's inflexibility. putin comes to the memorial kneels in memory of those who did not return from the battlefields. a conversation starts, it comes,

including about putin's recent initiative to create a state fund to support veterans, especially disabled combat veterans , i want to thank you for your support participants in a special military operation, this is a very important decision for all of us. it is the sacred duty of the state to take care of those who defend the country . this fund, which we have just mentioned, we are writing it, a purely state structure should be advised here by the deputies of the ministry of commerce. uh, writing it directly , it should be such a powerful, good structure. most importantly, each person for each family must be assigned. and this is a separate social work, which will work individually with people and

hmm, let's get this mechanism to function as it should, to help people, the next step, we write it to work with all other categories, yes, people who deserve and uh. these fighters have the status of veterans of the dpr and lpr, but speaking of support, you need to remember about many other military men, but here you are in case you quit the service access of new territories to russia most often they were fired due to injuries, so they weren’t the category of children did not fall out as citizens of russia. from these systems, of course, yes, i would like to, to these guys. a share worthy of the status of a veteran of the military operations of the russian federation, and they were fully deserved

assistance from the state. these are people who, almost alone , fought for their people, depending on their homeland, their land. fought for their land. now they have all become citizens of russia, and of course, yes, we must definitely do this. include here a list of people who should be. already served there does not depend on who they would be volunteer militia and that's it militia soldiers. something you can’t deserve your heroism there. what difference does it make in the country, in what status they were the main thing, that they served russia and kiprian hero of the soviet union who passed through afghanistan today helps the wounded in the zone of the svu , tries to find an approach to everyone who

needs support one thing in a trench on the front line another thing in compared to a hospital , it’s one thing when you see that you’ve already been eager to fight again before. yes, even though he has no routine. here, but another thing is all this you see, horseradish and that's it. yes, and here a careful approach is needed as well as military personnel volunteer volunteers priests risk their lives to thank for the fact that with your message of our military clergy you yourself are the father of vasiliev, who died in november near kherson , because you gave the order to the appeal of our patriarch of moscow power, kirill and now we will prepare draft decree, but additional guarantees that will affect our priesthood, and they will be able to receive payments in case

of injury. god forbid well, the patriarchs were told quite recently. we met with him we discussed all these issues and his holiness , of course, certainly differs from all others, military personnel in this sense is practically nothing. and of course, of course, there are many young volunteers who also help the army. we help the civilian population to local residents, but we also collect humanitarian aid for the families of the military throughout the city, throughout the region as part of the action we are together. uh, we go to the warehouse, we sort out humanitarian aid, we send military personnel there to the front lines, such young people make a huge contribution. in general, i look, we have guys behind are the young ones. so, i then spoke the last words were that, uh

, the truth is on our side, just looking at the guys, i want to add a future, but there is no future without the support of people who represent our army without the support of the clergy. yes, we really count on this and into the future thank you russia lays red carnations to the memorial signs of the hero cities, minsk leningrad stalingrad sevastopol kerch smolensk all were together against a common enemy

also vladimir putin laid flowers at stella cities of military glory alexei petrov alexander serpugova. irina kharlamova dmitry voskoboinikov yury lipatnikov anastasia matveeva let's address clients of news agencies. vladimir putin spoke by phone with armenian prime minister nikol pashinyan this evening. according to the kremlin press service, the conversation took place, at the initiative of the armenian side, pashinyan informed the russian leader about the results of the meeting with the president of azerbaijan or hamam aliyev in munich on february 18, as well as about other their conversations with foreign partners. they also discussed the implementation of a set of tripartite agreements between the leaders of russia, armenia and azerbaijan, in order to ensure security in the region. well , the current situation on the armenian-azerbaijani border was also touched upon and we agreed to continue contacts at various levels. vladimir putin signed a law that limits the discount on russian urals oil in relation to the price of the brand; the measure

was adopted and the document was published on the legal information portal for calculating oil taxes and clarifies the methodology for determining prices, the new rules will come into effect on april 1. another clause of this law allows gazpromneft. within 6 years to receive a tax deduction for met consequences. it must be returned to the federal budget, the finances received from the tax deduction will go to the construction of infrastructure for the transportation of liquid hydrocarbons from the fields. russian troops on yamal. inflicted complex fire damage to the south. donetsk was informed about this today in the ministry of defense in the military department also stated. what is going on promotion in donetsk direction and intense fighting is underway. now also under the city, crime in the luhansk people's republic scouts of the western military district have previously reported progress. on this sector of the front. they are supported by calculations of hailstones in more detail about the situation. in a report by our war correspondent yevgeny podobny soldiers of the 76th

guards air assault division are knocking out the enemy from strongholds, which are located in a forest plantation between flint and belogorovka at the forward command post, our scouts are correcting fire the crews of combat vehicles controls the flank so that the infantry can take the fortified positions of the kiev regimes without losses , the units could significantly improve. in the area, a few months ago , the enemy planned and in general to break through the line of defense in the direction. now, the initiative is on the side of russia, and now the main task

of the group is to gain advantageous command heights in the area. the enemy is forced to transfer personnel and armored vehicles under the flint reserves. the kiev regime literally plugs the holes in the defense. trying and counterattacking to slow down the pace of our counterattack units without success. this is how the situation looks on the map here and the so -called tor ledge and belogorsk. as a result of competent tactical actions of russian paratroopers and motorized riflemen, the enemy has already left the direction of part of the forest plantations and heights that are beneficial for active defense, as a result of competent tactical actions of russian paratroopers and motorized riflemen in armored groups , the military service of the airborne forces mobilized behind everyone is fighting, but the mobilized fighters are no worse, the necessary and complex combat experience quickly appeared here. formed this something

what did you imagine when you were called upon to logically say yes, no matter how anyone expected. there is a kindergarten here. no one expected any pranks of children's adversary strong opponent nothing no one spares no one. in fact. he not so long ago had a mortar attack. everything is fine. all are alive and well. the kiev regime here relied on high-precision fire destruction systems western artillery kamikaze drones, but as a result, our fighters eliminated this advantage only in the last few weeks. only here, specialists destroyed several dozen british howitzers that are capable of firing with active-rocket projectiles, strikes with bombing ammunition deprive the formations of the kiev regime of the opportunity to conduct an effective counter-battery fight and , accordingly, the enemy infantry becomes

more vulnerable . the war zone is under constant control. today. here everyone casually congratulates each other on the holiday in passing, because the situation tense, though fighters who have recently been civilians. they say inner feelings from the day of the defender of the fatherland. now completely different, realistic february 23 today is defender of the fatherland day. you answer. for the first time, the feeling of the holiday has changed at the forefront and yes, how, well, of course it has changed, that is, it has been noted before. uh, february 23, as it were, defender of the fatherland day, and here, uh, i celebrate and already literally defend my homeland, my fatherland, of course, my pride has changed, the enemy has become more. now he is trying with all his might to stabilize situation, introducing the minimum possible reserves into battles, despite the difficult situation, the kiev regime continues to form an offensive grouping in the rear

in order to try to organize a new counteroffensive in one of the key areas . donetsk today turned out to be under intense shelling , the most powerful in recent weeks in the petrovsky district, an entire ambulance brigade was killed , another 10 employees of the ministry of emergency situations were injured, and in in budyonnovsky district , a local resident became a victim. another person was reported dead, but the exact number of dead and injured is still being clarified from donetsk. yevgeny davydov's report ukrainian artillery has been hitting the voroshilovsky district of donetsk with large caliber shells all day long, shells fall one after another, this is roza luxembourg street , almost the very center. donetsk heard several hits from eyewitnesses. here is a funnel, the second third, maybe there is

a hit and a little further down the street there is a shell actually flew into the courtyard of the children's music college. eyewitnesses tell billy at intervals of a few seconds. the first explosion was heard on the roadway, and people managed to hide. thank you for staying alive, as if people were on the street. i ran away right away, this is the very center. it's me, i don't know how the music school. there is a mathematical school nearby, there is another school a little further. well, where is it, what kind of hostilities are taking place, maidan, they only give this weapon here and let them supply the soviet army to scum. here they are show. yes, several residential buildings were damaged everywhere, huge, smoking funnels, a funnel deep, probably no less than human height, that it was not clear, but

obviously this is not a rso, but something much more powerful , such fragments can now be found here on rosa luxembourg street now waiting for investigators. they are more accurate. they will say what kind of projectile it is presumably. yes, the hummers have been here for about 5 arrivals near the college. music shells, lay down in a heap, obviously hit, aiming at the residential sector. hello you are alive, oh yes thank god broken windows, splintered walls in an actor of a music college. it seems that she still does not understand how lucky she was by chance that it went here more than jumped out. i do not even know where to run and fell loudly. today , also in the rear proletarsky and front-line petrovsky district of the city, a. there, a shell exploded next to an ambulance. four medics came to rescue the wounded, but they themselves came under fire today, unfortunately,

as a result of shelling from the armed forces of all ukraine, an ambulance brigade of the city of donetsk was killed. the fifth substation of those killed in thursday. uh, three immediately on the spot when providing assistance, and our colleague died already on the operating table. also under fire was a detachment of republican rescuers, they just arrived at the call and an explosion was heard. i just laid my ears was a flash and the creation in the dust as a result of falling under fire from the armed forces of ukraine , two departments of the sixth fire and rescue unit of the petrovsky district suffered. donetsk in total, 10 employees were injured massive shelling of the city continues and in these minutes the exact number dead and wounded civilians. it is not yet known yevgeny davydov vladislav borisov mikhail emelin andrey bondarenko news from the donetsk people's republic the us and the eu are bringing the world closer to a suicidal conflict, increasing the supply of weapons to kiev, this was stated by russia's permanent representative to the un, speaking at a security council meeting, according to vasily nebenzeev , the eu is discussing how best to dismember

to destroy russia and all previous statements of good neighborliness were just fables to cover up the fight against moscow and hands. kiev , as the european union itself emphasized not benzia, over time, it turned into an appendage of the united states and, as a result , even swallowed the undermining of the northern streams , covering up the traces of its older brother. i am glad that i jumped off the russian gas needle the european union got hooked on the hard drug expensive american liquefied natural gas to maintain the functioning of the economy and the eu spent 710 billion euros in 2022 in just one energy aspect, in other words european, liberal and market economies. today they survive at the expense of state subsidies and subsidies, but the prosperity of economic power. experience was based primarily on russian cheap energy sources. as soon as they left , europe became an economic ear on feet of clay and high-capacity production. pulled over the ocean. to the delight of the older brother. evil

tongues. they say that it was this washington that sought the very beginning of the conflict to destroy its european competitors. the head of the russian delegation to the osce parliamentary assembly urged to leave the meeting of those who arrange provocations against our country during today's debate, a number of delegates from western and baltic countries made sharp attacks against moscow but it was not limited to this, when the representative of belarus andrey savinykh expounded minsk’s position on the crisis behind his back they tried to unfurl the ukrainian flag hardly anyone thought that the laying of wreaths in vienna, liberated by soviet soldiers, could someday become a prohibited event. in austria it was banned and this carnations. now, no, the russian delegation was not allowed to the event instead of

senators and deputies of the state duma to the monument to those who died during the liberation from fascism on the colonnade, and it is written for freedom. and the independence of the peoples of europe is carried by our diplomats. three-time cheers will still shout the toast of the liberators and raise it on february 23 during the break between sessions and the osce parliamentary assembly, where many did not expect our delegation. don't let austria failed to have a legal contract, the introduction of the headquarters of the organization, but issued a visa such that they do not come transit through the eu is prohibited the country must be left at midnight on friday do not allow visas do not give wreaths. you can't put up. when you flew, you understood that it would be like this, that there would be a semblance of dialogue, but no dialogue, that is, we perfectly understood together the system consciously flew so that we could be heard on this site, so as not to let our opponent say that we have nothing to cover in response to their

accusations, and we cowardly put our tail between our legs and did not come 20 countries called for not letting russian representatives into the winter session. how this was done last year by more than great britain in our deputies at the table in full force, and in latvia, who covered his chair with the ukrainian flag, the hysteria now everyone knows what to use obscene words in russian. he knows how to clean without an accent. it's a shame it's a shame that this delegation is here, especially considering the fact that this delegation is made up of people on sanctions lists, a russian warship. come on, we will not tolerate direct insults against russia against our president. im able to enemies russia to express it in this style in this assembly so all those who want to insult russia can leave this room

with their ukrainian flags. this is a real collective insanity on the basis of russophobia of hatred for russia and this pseudo-solidarity with ukraine when they wrap themselves in ukrainian flags and even , sorry, line the colors of the ukrainian flag in urinals, but uh, this is a task with which our delegation is unconditional. uh, we coped with the position of russia to the assembly , whether they listened or not. this is the second the question is to be expressed obscenely, while the microphone is switched on defiantly leave the hall, while the camera is working, the method is not a new worker on all world channels and it will show, well, on the sidelines, where there is no recording today, they spoke in a different language and in a different tone. i stayed. almost the only international platform where russia is ready to come and where they are even ready to listen , according to our deputies. many interlocutors.

today they admitted that they perfectly understand that it is impossible to solve security problems in europe without the largest european country. we take it easy, we are a great power. we can digest this and calmly continue the discussion , which happened, uh, therefore, we will defend our position, russia is completely right in that it is fighting for its strategic security, but we were ready for a fight and we are sure we will withstand it and try at least a little, but affect the general mood in the two-day program of the winter sessions. vienna is not only ukraine but not all participants, judging by the mood, it will be possible to focus on something else. but tomorrow they will discuss belarus belarusian is present. the deputies in vienna also had a lot of questions, issued by the russian delegation of an austrian visa, counted 60 one piece and for many it became,

the irritating factor will be the lion's exception will be known in the summer preparations for the summer session. yemelyanova anton chagaev has already begun in vancouver to enter vienna austria the crimean bridge was fully opened for vehicular traffic today the repair was completed ahead of schedule, despite large-scale damage and difficult weather conditions after the terrorist attack organized by the ukrainian special services last autumn. it was necessary to replace eight superstructures, lay two layers of asphalt and install masts. illumination of the renewed crossing through the kerch strait. i saw our correspondent yana chipped. behind the snow-white arches new asphalt a month ahead of schedule builders completed the restoration of the crimean bridge a branch of the overpass from the peninsula to the kuban launched today the car drove along all four lanes builders replaced all elements on the damaged sections of the crimean bridge new fencing, lighting and 250 m

of the roadway, you can understand where that section is now only by the color of the asphalt on those that have been restored and it is a darker repair, which usually takes a year, the bridge was not closed in principle in just 4.5 months. although this would have made the work of the builder easier, the automobile traffic was launched a few hours after the october 8th terrorist attack, the unprecedented speed did not affect the quality. unique technologies were applied by more than 500 people, 51 technicians were involved. despite the fact that the weather is not always allowed to work 55 days during the time we worked. storm all the same, the builders coped with their task , specialists from all over the country worked around the clock. first, the spans were cut into small sections and taken out on floating cranes, and then, using the sliding method, 300-ton structures were lowered onto supports; the spans were restored in turn, first on the left branch, which leads from the krasnodar territory to the crimea, then to a less affected one, the builders replaced eight

such spans in total . in total, this is 500 m of new roadway. bridge restored the whole of russia a huge amount of resources was expended. this is a common merit, the well-coordinated work of the bridge builders, both from rostov-on-don and, from moscow, the designers worked. uh, st. petersburg delivery of metal structures eveli three factory damage. now they are visible only on the railway parts of the crimean bridge. here is the blackened one. now active restoration work is underway here, as we can see, the builders have already begun to dismantle one of the spans, and to fully complete all this work. it's planned for this summer the rules of entry on the way of the wire have not changed crossroads, the kerch strait. you can only after mandatory screening. i'm on chipped andrey terentyev to lead the crimean bridge. if you bring the jews out of here, we will introduce you to the rank of alexander gitsenko. now i was able to save only the soviet people and other fish.

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hello kirill vyshinsky, and this program is a typical novorossiya, our new name says it all, we are talking about the territory that has returned to its historical roots - novorossiya. we will continue to follow the ukrainian processes. we will analyze them. and yet today in our opinion, it is much more interesting to observe how life in the donbass of the zaporozhye and kherson regions is changing in the new russian regions with the help of a close look at the history of new russia. we will try to open.