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📌A new series of statements by Kremlin propagandists on Russian national television. We will talk about this and more in the latest episode of the Russian Hate Speech project.

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russians hit Merefa in Kharkiv region with a missile: 6 people died and 31 were injured. The damage includes private and multi-apartment buildings, four shops, and a car repair shop.

❗️ Under the pretext of propaganda hysteria around May 9, moscow may be creating an ideological basis for moving from hybrid pressure to direct confrontation with NATO countries.

It is notable that these statements come amid dangerous legislative moves: this concerns a bill that allows the russian president to use troops abroad to "protect citizens."

⚡️russia has intensified aggressive rhetoric towards the Baltic states ahead of Victory Day. moscow is using historical memory as a tool of pressure, resorting to accusations of "ingratitude for the victory over nazism" and "the revival of nazism" in the Baltics.

The network of russian diplomatic institutions in Europe has been transformed into a system of stationary radio technical reconnaissance posts, which is part of russia's hybrid aggression against democratic countries.

Use of special equipment on embassy roofs allowed kremlin to intercept data from international organizations whose headquarters are located in Vienna (OSCE, IAEA, UN, etc). Total number of 🇷🇺 diplomats expelled from Austria for espionage since 2020 has already reached 14 people

The Austrian government has declared three russian diplomats persona non grata. The reason was the discovery of a veritable "forest of antennas" on the roofs of russian diplomatic buildings in Vienna, which were used for radio technical reconnaissance and espionage.

▫️We are grateful for PURL contributions, as they help defend our skies. ▫️Ukraine is capable of beginning to produce air defense systems. Ukraine seeks to establish an exchange of experience and technology for shared security.

▫️Ukraine is grateful to the EU for the 20th sanctions package, as the sanctions target russian banks, the “shadow fleet,” and industry. Any talk of lifting sanctions is unacceptable.

Key points from speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the opening of the 8th Summit of European Political Community in Yerevan: We are grateful to Armenia for its hospitality and excellent organization of summit. Ukraine wishes Armenia and Azerbaijan lasting peace

Behind the slogans of “multipolarity” lies russia’s intention to turn the inhabitants of the Global South into a cheap resource to compensate for the losses of its army in the war. Link to source: gob.pe/institucion/mp…

The use of foreigners as “cannon fodder” is becoming a systematic state policy of moscow. The intensification of kremlin propaganda in Latin America, Africa, and Asia has a clearly pragmatic goal. x.com/CforCD/status/…

⚡️Increasing number of countries are officially acknowledging the problem of illegal recruitment of their citizens into russian army Peruvian Prosecutor’s Office has launched investigation into mass disappearance of citizens who were lured into russian army under false pretenses