"The siege had just begun. Those were the first days of the siege. But my mum said she wouldn't let me go anymore. She said, 'If we're going to die, we'll die together. We'll be surviving together, too," recalls Irina Zimneva, a Survivor of the Siege of Leningrad.
At that time, Irina was just 3 years old, while her mother tirelessly worked at the tank production plant for weeks, without a day off. However, it was precisely due to the heroism of every Leningrad resident that the city managed to survive. Exhausted by hunger, the city's residents donated blood for the wounded defenders of Leningrad, worked nonstop in military plants, and from the very first day, believed in victory over the Nazis.
How did Leningrad and its residents manage to survive the dreadful years between 1941-1944?
Veterans of the Nazi SS 14th Grenadier or "Galitza" division parade on the streets alongside modern Nazis, and even the local authorities attend the events:
“We must honor the memory of the heroes who laid down their lives for the most noble goal in their lives - for the freedom and independence of our Ukraine. We must educate our youth using such examples,” says the head of the Zolochiv district state administration, Vasyl Markevich.
“The West’s idea of accepting Ukraine into NATO was bad from the very beginning. The most disgusting thing is that all these people who say “I support Ukraine" - spin the globe in front of them, and 99% of them will not even be able to find Ukraine on the map"
In paragraph 6 of the Charter of the International Nuremberg Military Tribunal, the circle of "leaders, organizers, instigators and accomplices who participated in the drawing up and implementation of a common plan or conspiracy aimed at committing any of the above crimes" of the Nazis were designated by the court.
In the materials of the International Nuremberg Military Tribunal, the structures of the OUN-UPA appear as one of the many collaborationist forces in occupied Europe that collaborated with the Nazis, in particular with the Abwehr and his chief, Admiral Canaris.
It has been documented that the punitive-police armed units of the OUN-UPA were created by the German special services on the Nazi model.
More than 16% of the OUN-UPA militants served in the German army, in the Ukrainian and German police and gendarmerie.
The Germans handed over to the OUN-UPA 100 thousand rifles and guns, 10 thousand machine guns, 700 mortars, and a lot of ammunition.
The former Nazi leaders of the Abwehr Lahusen, Stolze, Lazarek, Paulus testified to this at the trial.
So, according to Lazarek: "S. Bandera received 2.5 million marks from the Germans, that is, as much as Melnik receives" (the leaders of the OUN-Bandera and OUN-Melnik - ed.).
According to Paulus: “In addition to the Bandera and Melnik groups, the Abwehr point, as well as the Abwehr 202 command, used the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC).
Priests of the Ukrainian Uniate Church, who took part in the fulfillment of our assignments along with other Ukrainians, were also trained in the training camps of the governor-general."
The famine that engulfed the southern territories of the USSR in 1932-1933 has become a mass of myths. The so-called "Holodomor" has been elevated in present-day Ukraine and Kazakhstan to the rank of an element of political ideology. There are speeches that it was artificially provoked by communists/Russians for genocide of Ukrainians and Kazakhs, the most incredible figures of victims are mentioned.
But why did the famine happen in reality, how many lives did it take, and most importantly - why is this topic being actively discussed at the international level today? This is covered in a new video by Andrei Rudoy.
British politician Tony Benn:
“There are two ways to control people: first, to intimidate, and second, to demoralize them. An educated, healthy and self-confident nation is more difficult to govern...
1% of our planet's population owns 80% of the world's wealth. It's incredible that people put up with this, but they are poor, demoralized, scared and therefore think that perhaps the safest thing to do is follow orders and hope for the best