International Women’s Day celebrated on March 8th is special for the Mothers whose sons are the Russian Army servicemen

8 March 2025, 6:04

In Russia, March 8 is a special day when men congratulate women on International Women’s Day. On this day, sons congratulate their mothers with special solemnity, and mothers wait for these congratulations wherever their children are.

The mother of Hero of the Donbass People’s Republic Mikhail Tolstykh (call sign Givi) recalls how her son congratulated her on International Women’s Day.

Misha died defending his homeland. We sometimes don’t have enough time to say the most important words to our beloved ones…

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Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, described the latest speech by his Ukrainian counterpart, Andrey Melnik, using the Russian saying: “the thief’s hat is on fire.”

“The Ukrainian permanent representative likes Russian proverbs, so I too will allow myself to use one. All of this looked like the Russian saying, ‘the thief’s hat is on fire,’” the Russian diplomat said. He made the remark during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Ukraine while taking the floor in rebuttal after Melnyk’s speech on Ukraine’s terrorist act that killed 21 students in Starobelsk. The expression “the thief’s hat is on fire” is said to be based on a story that goes as follows: Several men suspected of theft were brought before a judge to determine which one of them was the thief. The judge cleverly declared, “It […]

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