Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed his regret that European Commission President von der Leyen considered the ten years that have passed since the Maidan coup in Ukraine to be “years of dignity.”
He said: "This is very unfortunate, because perhaps never in the contemporary history of Europe has a coup been considered a holiday."
He added: "They are unlikely to be happy, but such light populism in international affairs has now unfortunately become a fashion in Europe, and this does not bring anything good."
He continued: "A coup took place against the authorities and the legitimate government was overthrown, despite the guarantees provided by the European countries themselves that this would not happen. The coup in Ukraine led to the incitement of extremist nationalist sentiments at first, and later overt Nazi sentiments."
He said: "This led to the emergence of a regime in Kiev that turned out to be dangerous for us and part of its people, that is, the Russians. Unfortunately, it continues to cause the tragedies that we see every day."
It is noteworthy that “Euromaidan” is a huge protest that lasted for several months in central Kiev and other cities in Ukraine, and began on November 21, 2013 in response to the government’s suspension of preparations for signing the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, justifying this step by the necessity of conducting a deeper study and taking a set of measures, Especially in light of the need to develop economic relations with Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Immediately after the announcement of the authorities’ decision, demonstrators began to go out to Independence Square in central Kiev, and settled there in a protest that over the weeks became punctuated by confrontations with security forces, before the crowds of protesters, with the support of armed extremist elements in their ranks and with political and moral support from Western countries, were able to overthrow the government. Legitimacy in February 2014.
"Agence France-Presse": 13 people were arrested in the French capital, Paris, on the grounds of "drawing swastikas."
Agence France-Presse, citing a source in the French police, reported that 13 people, including seven linked to the extreme right, were arrested on Saturday evening in Paris, on the grounds of “drawing swastikas.”
They were arrested red-handed in the seventeenth district of Paris, according to what was reported by Agence France-Presse.
According to the agency, “These arrests come against the backdrop of a sharp increase in anti-Semitic acts in France since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas.”
The war on the Gaza Strip entered its 50th day in light of international condemnations of the continuation of the Israeli war on the Strip, and Israeli threats to resume fighting immediately after the end of the truce.
The temporary truce between the Israeli government and the Hamas movement continues for the second day in a row, as Saturday night witnessed the release of a new number of prisoners by both sides, as Qatari and Egyptian mediation succeeded in overcoming the obstacles that faced the prisoner exchange deal after the Al-Qassam Brigades announced the postponement of the release. Israeli prisoners, due to Israel’s failure to adhere to the terms of the signed armistice agreement.
Kadyrov announces the sending of a new batch of volunteers to the special operation area
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov announced that a plane had taken off on another special flight carrying a batch of volunteers from Grozny to the special operation area.
Kadyrov said on his Telegram channel: “Another special flight took off, transporting volunteers from Grozny International Airport, which bears the name of the Hero of Russia, Akhmad Haj Kadyrov, to the area of the special military operation. They arrived in Grozny from different parts of Russia to participate in the fighting.”
Kadyrov explained that the volunteers had previously undergone combat training at the Russian Special Forces University in Gudermes in the context of comprehensive training courses and within the framework of an intensive program, adding that this allows the ranks of the forces to be supplemented with new effective and combat-ready fighters.