on defender of the fatherland day, vladimir putin laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier, and each planted flowers on the alley of cities of heroes and cities of military glory. after the ceremony, the president talked to 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 veterans to all donbass militias and to consider the issue of additional guarantees for military priests. all the details. alexei petrov has a guard of honor. 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 at the defender of the fatherland day, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and officers of the volunteers are again on the front lines again fighting nazism. and it’s like every movement is a wreath of gratitude for that victory, which was won at such a price, a symbol of the country’s inflexibility. putin approaches the memorial kneels in memory of those who did not return from battlefields.

a conversation starts, it comes to, among other things, putin's recent initiative to create a state fund to support veterans for the support of 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 and we write it in e, the purely state structure should be advised here by the deputies of the ministry of commerce. we write it. directly it should be such a powerful, good structure. the most important thing for every person. each family should be assigned a separate social worker who will work with people on an individual basis, and

hmm, we will definitely make sure that this mechanism functions as it should, so that people are helped. well, as the next step, we write it to work with all other categories. e people who deserve and hmm who are involved in the state and these fighters have the status of veterans in the dpr and lpr, but speaking of support, you need to remember about many others the military, but here you are in case you left the service for the entry of new territories into russia, most often they were fired because they were injured, so they were not citizens of russia. so be the category of guys did not fall out. that's from this system i would like these guys. there were those who were awarded the status of a veteran of the disabled military operations of the russian federation and they were fully deserved assistance from the state,

of course, these are people who almost almost single-handedly fought for their people , depending on their homeland of their land. fought for their land. now they have all become russian citizens and of course, yes, we must definitely do this. include here a list of e people who should be and will be given support from who they were militias. for russia and for cyprian, 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. torn the battle. yes, even if he is without a hand, let's say. here, but another thing, you see priunas and that's it. yes, and here a careful approach is needed, just like the military volunteers, volunteers , priests risk their lives to thank for the fact that the military clergy deserve their message for being the heroes of the russian federation, our father. the draft specifies additional guarantees that will affect our priesthood, and they will be able to receive payments in case of injury.

god forbid well, the patriarch was talking quite recently. we met with him and discussed everything. these questions and the most holy ones, this question raised, of course, unconditionally. yes, what is the difference between a priest who walks under charge from all other military personnel in this sense is practically nothing and of course , of course, ceremonies are people of different generations, many young volunteers who help both the army and the civilian population, but we also have military families all over the city, throughout the region , collecting humanitarian aid as part of the action we are together. uh, we go to the warehouse, sort out humanitarian aid, send it to the military. there on the front line youth make a huge contribution. in general , i look, our guys behind are quite young. so when i spoke the last words

were that, uh, the truth is on our side, i just look at the guys, i want to add the future for sure. well, there is no future without the support of such terrible people who represent our army. here is the support of the clergy. yes, we are counting on this and look forward to the future of our joint work. thank you thank you. thank you in front of the memorial solemn march company counting guard thunders, a military band. by tradition, the president of russia lays red carnations to the memorial signs of hero cities, minsk leningrad stalingrad sevastopol kerch smolensk all were together against a common enemy. vladimir putin also

laid flowers at the stella of cities of military glory alexei petrov alexander serpugova. irina kharlamova dmitry voskoboinikov yuri lipatnikov anastasia matveeva let's turn to flight 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 country , 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 his other conversations with foreign partners. they also discussed the implementation of a set of three-party agreements between the leaders of russia, armenia and azerbaijan, in order to ensure security in the region. well, the current situation on the armenians on the azerbaijani border was also touched upon and agreed continue contacts at various levels.

vladimir putin signed a law that limits the discount on russian urals oil in relation to the brand price. the measure was adopted and the document was published on the legal information portal to calculate oil taxes and clarifies the methodology for determining prices. the new rules will come into force on april 1. another paragraph of this law allows gazpromneft. within 6 years to receive a tax deduction for met consequences. it must be returned to the federal budget, finances received through a 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. as the advance continues in the donetsk direction, intense battles are 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. v

a report by our military correspondent yevgeny likewise soldiers of the 76th guards airborne assault division are knocking out the enemy from strongholds that are located in a forest plantation between flint and belogorovka at the forward control point , our scouts correct the fire of the crews of combat vehicles controls the flank so that the infantry can take fortified positions without loss kiev regime. to improve almost our entire grouping in the stone area, a few months ago , the enemy planned to storm the flint and generally 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 take advantageous commanding heights in the area . the enemy is forced to transfer personnel and armored vehicles under flint reserves . the kiev regime literally plugs the holes in the defense of the unit . this is how the situation looks on the map here and the so-called tor ledge and belogorsk. referral part beneficial to as a result of competent tactical actions, the enemy has already left the active defense of forest plantations and heights as a result of competent tactical actions, russian paratroopers and motorized riflemen are fighting in armored groups , the military service of the airborne forces mobilized behind everyone’s back, but it doesn’t look like mobilized fighters, the necessary and complex combat experience quickly appeared here. i imagined 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 is not so long ago there was mortar shelling. everything is great. 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, which are capable of actively firing with rocket projectiles . enemy infantry becomes more vulnerable

to reconnaissance strike contours. the war zone is under constant control. today. here, everyone casually congratulates each other on the holiday in passing, because the situation is tense, though fighters who were recently 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, probably the first time. the cutting edge feeling of the holiday has changed and yes how, well, of course it has changed, that is, i have noted it 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 the 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 on one of the key directions eugene like alexander pushin dmitry maslennikov ruben mirobov and stanislav lvovsky lead the front under crime. donetsk today turned out to be under intense shelling , the most powerful in recent weeks , an entire ambulance brigade was killed in the petrovsky district , another 10 employees of the ministry of emergency situations were injured, and in the budyonnovsky district , a local resident became a victim. another death was reported, but the exact number of dead and injured is yet to be confirmed from donetsk, report by evgenia davydova ukrainian artillery all day hits with a large caliber in the voroshilovsky district of donetsk, shells fall one after another, this is rosa luxembourg street , almost the very center. donetsk heard several hits from eyewitnesses. here 's a funnel, the second third, maybe there is

a hit, and a little further down the street here the 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. thanks for staying alive as if on this people we are on the street. i ran away right away, this is the very center. this i do not know how a 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 baidenyshmaydan, they only give this weapon here and give it to slander the soviet army. here they show. yes, in the neighboring house, several residential buildings were damaged everywhere, huge, smoking funnels, a funnel with a depth, probably no less than a human height, that it was

incomprehensible, but obviously this is not rso grad, but something much more powerful such fragments can now be found here on rosa luxembourg street , now we are waiting for investigators. they are more accurate. they will say what kind of projectile it is presumably. yes , the hammers were here about five arrivals next to, uh, the college of music, the shells lay down in a heap, obviously beat. aiming at the residential sector. broken windows slashed by fragments of the wall in a music college actor does not seem to understand how lucky she is. more, and so jumped out. i do not even know where to run and fell loudly. today also in the rear proletarian and frontline 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 by the armed forces of ukraine , an ambulance from the city of donetsk died. the fifth substation of the dead four. uh, three immediately died on the spot while assisting them from an employee. ours died on the operating table. also under fire was a detachment of republican rescuers, they just arrived at the call and there was an explosion as a result ukraine hit two departments of the sixth fire department, the rescue part of the petrovsky district. donetsk total injured, 10 employees mounted shelling of the city continues and in these minutes the exact number of dead and injured civilians. so far unknown. yes evgeny davydov vyacheslav borisov mikhail emelin andrey rudenko oleg bondarenko news from the donetsk people

's republic an order to verify the legality of his detention similarly, the prisoner mandu did. habib is an australian citizen the united states district court for the district of columbia united them in rasool v. bush, alleging that the government did not allow detainees to contact friends, family or lawyers and did not give any details about the reasons for detention this is just one of the many facts about what is happening in guantanamo bay periodically pops up in public space. in 2002 it was

created. prison in the united states of america which were those people whom the americans considered terrorists, islamists, radicals . the american base in guantan existed for a very long time and even after the caribbean crisis it could not be removed. well, we know that as a result of the cuban missile crisis, the united states succeeded in getting the soviet union to detect its missiles from the territory of cuba, but in response, secretly without advertising this action , the united states removed its missiles from turkey and italy. so it was like this exchange. uh, well, and even more important result for cuba, it was a guarantee not to attack

cuba. the americans gave such a guarantee, they respected it. but meanwhile, the guantanama base was preserved on the territory of cuba, and there, this infamous, well-known prison exists. by the way, this is a military base , it is located on the territory of cuba. and uh , the cubans never recognized and did not allow it after the cuban revolution. uh, it belongs to the united states of america, but as they say to the americans. i wanted to spit on it. they still maintain this base to the antans and in cuba, which became known in period, and after september 11, 2001 after this rainy day. and after that, the americans began a brutal war against terrorists, as well as against those people who did not necessarily consider terrorists, not necessarily everyone was not

terrorists , the fight against terrorism after the events of september 11 acquired colossal proportions in the united states and not only in the united states, even vladimir putin was one of the first or just the first. who sent a telegram of condolence at that moment, it allowed the united states. create an international coalition to support this movement in the fight against world terrorism against global terrorism, so the united states has, to some extent, acquired, uh, acquired serious capital in this matter. uh, new allies, new connections, new threads. information, new structures that promoted each other , promoted the fight against world terrorism. extremism and introduced this war into the united states of america, it must be said without observing

any rules, using the most cruel methods of knocking out confessions the most brutal interrogations and the use of torture, which were de facto allowed in those prisons in the united states of america that were created for these same terrorists or islamist radicals. the main contingent were people who are suspected suspected of terrorism benefits. prisons in guantanovo consisted and consists in the fact that this is not the territory

of the united states and therefore the laws of the united states do not apply there and a person can be kept in prison indefinitely without charge and, in general , various methods can be used to obtain the necessary information. it is one thing from him when he beats and tortures people. they conduct interrogations of the third degree on the territory of the united states, it’s a different matter when it happens at the guantanamo military base . as far as we know, there were three or four people of russian citizens, and these are people who were suspected of terrorism, or of planning terrorist attacks against americans, that is, us law is very severely persecuted from those who not only committed terrorist activities, not only, say, planned

and took some action to hmm kill americans, but even talked about it and expressed some thoughts that this would be nice to do. this is also a crime under american law. there were also a lot of people from the taliban. that's from the taliban because when the americans invaded afghanistan , many leaders of the taliban, they found arrested and imprisoned in guantanamo many times. we have heard that the white house plans to close it, but in the meantime it continues to operate secret prisons. the cia is another page of history the united states of america is the shameful page

of the united states, uh, which is not finished and which is not closed, and the united states has its own very close circle of allies in the intelligence community in the world. this is seven eyes, 7 ice where the nearest allies are included, and the united states is mainly anglo-sections there is more extensive cooperation with those who are not part of this community, but also closely cooperate with the united states provides the wall with intelligence information with the full use of the united states, therefore this well , not that business, this is a colossal infrastructure that provides for the national interests of the united states; the guantanamo prison is part of that very infrastructure.

the process of recognizing these tons is very interesting, because the other time is now being knighted. ah, existence. that's it by this practice just as they denied it. e, the use, but of violence, in relation to scientists, the will of cases about this has become. it is known when the jailers themselves, who worked at this base, began to spread. and the video on the social network, showing his brother and so uh, torture inhumane treatment violations of international humanitarian law leaked all these became known to the world. there is a lot of information, including documentary video footage, about how these restants were treated with these prisoners, contrary to all accepted international rules. the content

of people in such prisons and , of course, the united states did not disclose it, at first they tried to deny, to reject, to try to hush up this story. and when it was already impossible to hide the justification, they recognized the very fact of existence. and, but started some kind of general communication with the press, trying to explain their position on this issue. but this was not the only prison. there were secret prisons in various countries of eastern europe. again , not officially announced. but there is a lot of evidence and facts that indicate that the same thing happened there as in guantanamo e. the practice of keeping secret foreign prisons is not limited only

to guantan, and we know that this kind of prison existed american prisons existed and on the territory of the states of europe and in south africa, these are the relations between states. indeed, this house lives like, and colonial relations, because there is one center that decides what needs to happen in certain territories. and these are territories beyond its borders. as it turned out later, one of the largest, if not the largest uh prison was located on the territory of poland and in general the participation of the countries uh hmm eastern europe i mean, poland romania lithuania from a in this story uh, hmm

was assessed very extremely negatively, because that uh, many felt that this was how the eastern european governments were trying to prove their loyalty to, uh, the united states. there were a lot of accusations. uh, the truth is not proven with the cia doctors supposedly. they studied, uh, the effectiveness of these methods on uh, successive. e. well, it's difficult to use this word here, because people were detained without charge and held for a long time, some were sent, then to the infamous monacope guantana base. and where is it also exposed? did they release someone to torture, did someone stay there forever? we we can remember even those russian citizens who were released quite recently,

who were exchanged for other american citizens and who were in ordinary us prisons and their evidence of the torture they were undergoing at the moment. i mean, for example, the story of the same maria butina, who was in an ordinary prison, but was subjected to the same tortures that were specially in their prisons. uh, the cia is a disgraceful page. how does this not fit into this scheme? that's because. well probably even if people are criminals or so on. they are entitled. something they were treated in accordance with international laws and customs, these conventions that various countries signed , including the united states, what is american pragmatism, that is, the end justifies the means and if it does not violate the laws, and the laws are made so that it it was, perhaps, on foreign territory this is permissible, because the americans turn a blind eye to this.