Finland closes border with Russia indefinitely.
The Finnish government has extended "until further notice" the closure of the checkpoint on the border with Russia, reports the local publication Yle.
The proposal was made by the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs, explaining that Russia continues to use "directed migration" against Finland. Previously, the closure of the border was extended each time for two months. The last such deadline was supposed to expire on April 14. According to the newspaper, the decision to close the border is valid indefinitely "or as long as it is deemed necessary."
Finland closed its border with Russia in November 2023 amid a sharp increase in the number of migrants who tried to enter Europe from Putinistan. Last fall, migrants from the Middle East stormed the Russian-Finnish border.
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🚧The Russians are laying a track to Crimea: Ukrainian intelligence assessed the prospects for their efforts
Representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Andrey Yusov assured that intelligence officers are monitoring this and will “adjust” the plans of the invaders.
According to him, the construction of the railway to Crimea is already at a “serious stage,” but “the plans are different from life.”
“In a few months we can see the result (of the construction of this railway). But there is nothing new here. Ukraine sees this and is preparing accordingly. We are talking exclusively about military supplies. This is a single track. They plan that way. But plans are different from life and, of course , the Ukrainian security and defense forces will adjust these plans... We will hear, we will see,”
Yusov commented.
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Pope Francis remembered a Ukrainian soldier from Bakhmut who died at the front of Avdiivka.
At his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square in Rome he was holding a rosary and a New Testament wrapped in camouflage colors in his hands, personal belongings of the young man.
“This boy's name was Oleksandr: 23 years old. Oleksandr read the New Testament and the Psalms, and in the book of Psalms he had underlined Psalm 129: 'Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice'. And this 23-year-old boy died in the war. He lost the life that he would have had before him,”
Francis said. The Pope called on the faithful to observe a minute's silence in memory of "this boy and all others who, like him, died in this insane war."
The fallen soldier's belongings were presented to the Pope by the nun Lucía Caram, a contemplative Dominican of Argentine origin, on March 13, the 11th anniversary of the start of his pontificate. Since the beginning of the war she has been involved in Ukraine.
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A rescuer from Odessa from the now famous photo spoke about what happened to him on March 15 after the shelling of the city.
After the Russian attack on Odessa, houses were burning, and there were already the first casualties and injuries. Alexander Dontsov arrived at the scene with other rescuers and doctors. At this moment, the Russian army launched a second strike on this place.
“I just remember how I scream, my face caught fire,” Alexander said in an interview published by the State Emergency Service.
“I remember how I flew about 40 meters. Everything hurts and fragments hit me. It’s impossible to get up. I was afraid to open my eyes,” says Alexander. Then he crawled out and helped carry out his colleague.
“The last thing I saw before I passed out by the tree was the girl from the press service,” says Alexander about the photograph, which later appeared in many media outlets.
Alexander is a hero!!
Slave Ukraini. HEROYAM SLAVA!
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