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Unless Ukraine wins the war, there is no way to recover what Russia has looted | Culture

Unless Ukraine wins the war, there is no way to recover what Russia has looted | Culture

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EXCLUSIVE Ukrainian cultural head Maksym Ostapenko sheds light on the plight of those living under Russian influence and calls for rehabilitation efforts.

Upon learning that Russian troops were advancing into the Zaporizhia region, Natalya Chergik helped load a ton of paintings, antique firearms and ceramics

When she understood Russian troops were advancing in the region of Zaporizhzhia, Natalya Chergik helped to fill a truck with paintings, antique firearms and 17th-century ceramics. “We drove 1,000km in five days. The trip was awful, planes were flying over us and we did not even know if they were Ukrainian or not,” she said. “The hardest part for us was to convince people at checkpoints not to search the artwork and to let the truck through as quickly as possible,” she said. Chergik is a ...

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Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP), Aug 16 - When she understood Russian troops were advancing in the region of Zaporizhzhia, Natalya Chergik helped to fill a - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke

When she understood Russian troops were advancing in the region of Zaporizhzhia, Natalya Chergik helped to fill a truck with a ton of paintings, antique firearms and 17th-century ceramics.

Russian officials, including Vladimir Putin, have justified the war in Ukraine with dubious historical claims that Ukraine is not a “real country.” Historians in Ukraine are now fighting – literally and figuratively – against what they say is Russia’s effort to “destroy Ukrainian identity.”