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[Sharing] 32 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
In Koenigsberg, the Red Army captured 130 blocks, three forts, three factories and a sorting station. In Vienna, Soviet forces liberated 57 blocks, took control of the arsenal, train station and freight station. To the north-east of Bratislava, the Wehrmacht lost the important transportation hub of Novo Mesto. Meanwhile, US soldiers uncovered Reichsbank reserves hidden…
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[Sharing] It’s Official: Ukraine Conflict is British ‘Proxy War’ – Kit Klarenberg
On March 29th, the New York Times published a landmark investigation exposing how the US was “woven” into Ukraine’s battle with Russia “far more intimately and broadly than previously understood,” with Washington almost invariably serving as “the backbone of Ukrainian military operations.” The outlet went so far as to acknowledge the conflict was a “proxy…
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[Sharing] 38 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the Red Army’s capture of Glogow, a city in Lower Silesia, following a weeks-long siege that started in mid-February. The same day, Soviet forces seized Senec, which is only 20 kilometers from Bratislava, and Sopron, a crucial transportation center on the route to Vienna. 352 settlements were freed in…
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[Sharing] Even if the war ended tomorrow, Ukraine could end up broke by 2026 – Ian Proud, Responsible Statecraft
There’s a gaping hole in Kyiv’s finances that no amount of tax increases or Western donations will be able to fill There is no plan in place to fund the Ukrainian budget after 2025. Even if the war ends by the summer of 2025, it will take some time to reduce military expenditures, leaving European…
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[Sharing] 44 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
On this day eight decades ago, the Red Army captured a number of key sites in Czechoslovakia and attacked the Baltic naval port of Gdynia. The Wehrmacht’s positions were becoming worse every day, so the top brass of the Third Reich called an urgent meeting [end] Related March 25, 2025: 45 Days to Victory Day…
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[Sharing] 47 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
With just 47 days to go until the anniversary of the Red Army’s victory, on this day Soviet forces delivered an ultimatum to those who were defending the city of Danzig with a proposal to surrender [end] Related March 22, 2025: 48 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik March 21, 2025: 49 Days to Victory Day…
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[Sharing] 51 Days to Victory Day – Sputnik
The Red Army divided the Altdamm group of forces in two on March 19, 1945, as it continued its successful offensive operations. In the meantime, the Soviet Union’s Western allies persisted in independent talks with the Nazi high command to set up the local surrender of Wehrmacht soldiers in Italy [end] Related March 18, 2025:…
Nicolas Cinquini 