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Anonymous ID: 7d1663 April 24, 2022, 5:59 p.m. No.16147114   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7140 >>7147 >>7148 >>7177 >>7363 >>7385 >>7424

24 Apr, 2022 21:38

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Macron pledges to address voters’ ‘rage’ as police clash with protesters

 

“I am not anymore a candidate of one camp,” the re-elected French president claimed as protesters take to the streets in Paris

 

(Interesting picture that RT chooses for this article)

 

French President Emmanuel Macron, in his first speech since being re-elected on Sunday, pledged to become a leader for all people and to “effectively address” the “rage and discord” of Marine Le Pen’s electorate.

 

With 90% of votes counted, Macron garnered at least 56% of the vote while right-wing National Rally’s Le Pen received at least 43%. The final results are expected to be announced on Monday.

 

In a victory speech, which he delivered from the Mars Field in central Paris with the Eiffel tower in the background, Macron said that he is “not anymore a candidate of one camp.”

 

“Rage and discord must also be addressed, this will be my responsibility,” Macron said, admitting that some people voted for him only not to allow a political tilt to the right.

 

“I am thinking of those who abstained – we need to respond to this,” the re-elected leader added.

 

In his relatively short, but emotional, speech Macron promised to “make France a great green country,” to work on strengthening the EU, to fight for gender equality and against social injustice, to support the economy, and to encourage investments and creativity.

 

“We have so much to do. The war in Ukraine is there to remind us that we are going through tragic times where France must show the clarity of its voice and build its strength in all areas, and we will do so,” he said.

 

Meanwhile the “discord” Macron was talking about was not long in coming.Shortly before the president’s speech, police used tear gas to disperse a crowd of young men apparently protesting against his victory in the central Paris neighborhood of Chatelet. Videos of the clashes can be seen on social media.

 

There have also been reports of protests in other French cities.

 

Marine Le Pen, however, was clearly pleased with her election results, which can be seen as a significant improvement over 2017, when she got just under 34% in the second round of election.

 

She called her achievement a “shining victory in itself” and said that she had “no resentment or bitterness” as “a great wind of freedom could have risen over the country.”

 

https://www.rt.com/news/554449-france-president-speech-victory/

Anonymous ID: 7d1663 April 24, 2022, 6:03 p.m. No.16147130   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7140 >>7240 >>7322 >>7350 >>7363

25 Apr, 2022 00:22

Oil depot on fire in Russian city

 

Local residents report hearing explosions

 

The fire broke out on Monday night at an oil depot in Russia's Bryansk, a city in the Rostov region near Ukraine. Local residents report that explosions were heard. Sirens can be heard in social media videos.

 

According to locals, explosions and fire occurred in several districts of Bryansk. According to unconfirmed reports, the second source of fire originates in the area where the military unit of the 120th arsenal of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense is located.

 

Emergency services began to evacuate residents of houses near the burning oil depot.

 

The Ministry of Emergency Situations confirmed the fact of ignition. Officials have not yet commented on the causes of the incident.

 

The distance from Bryansk to the border with Ukraine is 154 km.

 

The distance from Belgorod (where an oil depot was attacked by helicopters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on April 1) to the border with Ukraine is 37 km.

 

https://www.rt.com/russia/554454-oil-depot-on-fire/

Anonymous ID: 7d1663 April 24, 2022, 6:08 p.m. No.16147158   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7187 >>7240 >>7322 >>7350 >>7363

25 Apr, 2022 00:13

US cancels Elbe meeting commemoration ceremony – Russian ambassador

The Russian diplomat has said the decision was made based "on the recommendation of the State Department"

 

The US authorities have canceled this year's ceremony in memory of the meeting of Soviet and American soldiers on the Elbe in 1945, which takes place annually at the Arlington Cemetery near Washington at the "Spirit of the Elbe" memorial, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov has told the media.

 

"It was refused to hold such events. Purely formally [they were cancelled by] Arlington Cemetery, but we were clearly told that [this happened based] on the recommendation of the State Department. We understand this reaction due to the Russophobia that is deployed today in the United States”, he said.

 

Russian diplomats, their counterparts from the CIS countries, World War II veterans and American officials previously laid wreaths at the memorial every year.

 

In 2020, the then-US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin said in a joint statement that "the 'Spirit of the Elbe'is an example of how our countries can put aside differences, build trust, and cooperate in pursuit of a greater cause.”

 

The meeting of Soviet and American troops near the city of Torgau on the Elbe took place on April 25, 1945. This event became one of the main symbols of the common efforts of the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition in the victory over Nazism.

 

A memorial bronze plaque depicting Soviet and American soldiers shaking hands on the Elbe Bridge was installed at Arlington Cemetery in April 1995 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the event.

 

https://www.rt.com/russia/554453-us-cancels-elbe-meeting-commemoration/

Anonymous ID: 7d1663 April 24, 2022, 6:17 p.m. No.16147211   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7240 >>7322 >>7350 >>7363

24 Apr, 2022 12:39

 

Swiss block Germany's Ukraine weapons plan – media

 

Switzerland has prohibited delivery of ammunition used by Germany’s Marder infantry fighting vehicles, according to a Swiss paper

 

Switzerland has allegedly thwarted German plans to re-export ammunition, made in the country, to Ukraine, local media reported on Sunday, citing the nation’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco). The Alpine nation cited its neutral status and legislation forbidding arms deliveries to conflict zones.

 

The fact that the Dusseldorf-based Rheinmetall automotive and arms manufacturer, which builds Marder infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for the German Army, uses ammunition produced in Switzerland has apparently emerged as a stumbling block to Berlin’s latest plans to supply ammunition to Kiev.

 

“Seco received two requests from Germany to pass ammunition [it] previously received from Switzerland on to Ukraine,” the secretariat confirmed to the Swiss paper Sonntags Zeitung on Sunday. Both requests “have been rejected with a reference to Swiss neutrality and bounding rejection criteria of the legislation on military equipment,” the Swiss authorities added.

 

Swiss law demands that Bern give its consent to any arms re-exports and forbids arms deliveries to conflict zones. Switzerland joined anti-Russian sanctions in a rare departure from its strict neutrality policy after Moscow launched its military operation in Ukraine, but it has still been adamant in its neutrality when it comes to any military aid to Ukraine.

 

According to the media, the Swiss veto on re-exporting ammunition has sparked anger in Germany due to having allegedly made it impossible to send any Marder IFVs to Ukraine. Berlin has never officially announced any such plans, though.

 

The German government has been criticized by fellow NATO members, particularly Poland, for supposedly not doing enough to support Ukraine. The issue has even caused some tensions within the cabinet.

 

Earlier in April, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Germany would send only “correct and reasonable” weapons to Kiev, adding that there have been no plans to send “offensive” weapons, such as tanks, that Ukraine repeatedly requested. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock then urged the West to provide Kiev with heavy weaponry and appeared to criticize Scholz, stressing that “now is not the time for excuses.”

 

Initially, Berlin provided Ukraine with 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 anti-aircraft Stinger missiles. In mid-March, Germany said that due to security risks it would not disclose further information about supplies of weapons to Ukraine. In mid-April, Berlin announced it would allocate an additional $2.1 billion for military spending, most of which is earmarked for aiding Ukraine.

 

On Saturday, however, a group of German politicians and public figures, including former MPs and an ex-UN assistant secretary general, called on their government to cease delivering military aid to Ukraine and instead work to convince Kiev to abandon its military resistance in the name of peace and dialogue.

 

(Bet you any amount of money Germany begged the Swiss to do this to get them off the hook with Russia and the EU)

 

https://www.rt.com/news/554429-switzerland-germany-ammunition-delivery-ukraine/