"Immortal Regiment" march will take place in Canada prior to May 9th

The first event is planned to be held in downtown Toronto. Participants will march through the streets where there are military monuments, while Canada’s churches will serve a memorial service for those killed during WWII. Organizers are expecting anywhere from two to five thousand people to take part.

The second event will take place in Toronto’s northern district of North York, where five thousand participants are expected. The third and the final event will be held at the same place. At the conclusion of the event, all the participants of the “Immortal Regiment” march will join a parade of WWII veterans from the former Soviet Union.

The events will be attended by such civic organizations as the Russian Canada group; the Russian World of Canada, a Russian-speaking community; the Association of Soviet WWII Veterans, and others. Also, the organizers invited representatives of the Serbian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Jewish, Indian, Italian, Slovak, Greek communities of Toronto to take part.

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Lugansk People’s Republic restores electricity after Kiev blackout

After Kiev stopped supplying electricity to the territory of the Republic, the LPR had to perform work emergently to restore power.

Kamyshov said that despite the expected blackout from the Ukrainian side, the Republic has switched to its own power system without any difficulties. There were no accidents or emergencies. All of the Republic’s enterprises are operating as usual.

Previously, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Mining of Ukraine announced its decision to stop supplying electricity to the Lugansk People’s Republic starting from April 25. Lugansk reacted sober-mindedly to Kiev’s statement. The Chairman of the Lugansk People’s Republic’s Council of Ministers informed that power will be restored on the territory within four hours. In this case, Lugansk will not provide electricity to the Kiev-controlled territories.

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UN: Dozens of victims from airstrikes by the international coalition in the area of Raqqa

The high-ranking UN official at a meeting with journalists said that the secretariat is “concerned for the safety and protection of over 400,000 people in Raqqa.” “Yesterday, air strikes on Atabaqa city reportedly killed eight people, including five children, and damaged two schools. On 22 April, dozens of people were reportedly killed and injured in air strikes on an IDP [internally displaced persons] camp near Albardah village, 20 km west of Raqqa, “said Stéphane Dujarric.

In addition, according to the diplomat, more than 39 thousand refugees from this Syrian city have arrived in the Jib Al-Shaair [makeshift] camp, fleeing from the incessant air raids by the US and their allies. The situation in the camp is already on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe. In particular, it was stated that the UN has information that several children died in the refugee camps of Al-Karma and Jib Al-Shaair.

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