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Landmark site was the burial place of Prince Grigory Potemkin, whose bones were removed by Russian occupying forces last year

Destroying culture to destroy a people

Ukranian researchers said evidence shows that Russian forces are stealing art and cultural artifacts from Ukraine during the ongoing war between the two countries on a magnitude comparable to what the Nazis looted during World War II, NBC News has reported. Alina Dotsenko, director of the Kherson Regional Art Museum in Ukraine, told the news

The Russian rouble has suffered its biggest intraday fall of the year as it tumbled to the lowest levels against the dollar and euro since April last year in the face of a foreign

Last fall, Ukrainian troops were closing in on Kherson, rolling back Russian forces who had seized the city after Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine.

International art experts say the plundering may be the single biggest collective art heist since the Nazis pillaged Europe in World War II

International art experts say the plundering may be the single biggest collective art heist since the Nazis pillaged Europe in World War II

Russian forces have looted tens of thousands of pieces, including avant-garde oil paintings and Scythian gold. Experts say it is the biggest art heist since the Nazis in World War II, intended to strip Ukraine of its cultural heritage.

One morning in late October, Russian forces blocked off a street in downtown Kherson and surrounded a graceful old building with dozens of soldiers. Five large trucks pulled up. So did a line of military vehicles, ferrying Russian agents who filed in through several doors. It was a carefully planned, highly organised, military-style assault — on an art museum.