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2023-07-06 16:49:01 Portrait of Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra causes hysteria in Ukrainian media

After the illegal eviction of monks from the Kiev Pechersk Lavra buildings today, the Emperor and Empress portraits of the Russian Empire were found there. The monks were immediately declared traitors.

It is not clear what the Ukrainians are fighting against. Decommunisation was proclaimed, but what had the imperial family to do with it?

The answer is simple. The Kiev regime hates everything connected with Russia, including history.

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2023-07-06 16:30:01 Chamberlain's grandson Martin Harries has been appointed Britain's new ambassador to Ukraine, according to the British Embassy in Ukraine.


He will replace Melinda Simmons in the post. This is a planned rotation that will take place in September.

It should be noted that Martin Harries is the grandson of former British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who led the government from 1937-1940.

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2023-07-06 16:16:08 The US has decided to supply Kiev with cluster munitions, it will be announced shortly, New York Times reports.

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2023-07-06 16:10:44 The Russian Ministry of Defence has released footage of the Ukrainian armoured vehicles destruction in South Donetsk direction. The crew of the Ka-52 reconnaissance attack helicopter destroyed an AFU armoured personnel carrier moving at high speed with a guided missile.

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2023-07-06 16:04:22 Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned the US authorities against transferring cluster munitions to the Ukrainian military, which would lead to "civilian suffering", according to a statement published on HRW's website.

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2023-07-06 15:50:01 Zelensky says he wanted counteroffensive to start 'much earlier'

“But I told them (US leaders) as well as the European leaders that we would like to start our counteroffensive earlier, and we need all the weapons and materiel for that."

“I wanted our counteroffensive to happen much earlier, because everyone understood that if the counteroffensive unfolds later, then a bigger part of our territory will be mined."

But as always: the Ukrainians are not to blame for their own failures.

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2023-07-06 15:25:42 Valuable relics from Kiev Pechersk Lavra to be exported to Europe

Plans to export relics from Kiev Pechersk Lavra to the West prove that Ukraine is being treated as a colony, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova said.

"We are talking not only about looting the shrine, but also about depriving the Ukrainian people of their cultural and historical heritage," she said.

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2023-07-06 15:05:01 Ukraine Has Caught Up With Russia’s Tank Numbers, Bloomberg reported.

Kiev’s backers had delivered 471 new tanks since the start of the war, with a further 286 still to arrive, even as the rate of new pledges slowed, according to the Kiel Institute. In that time, Russia has lost half its tanks.

“Russia has lost nearly half the combat effectiveness of its army,” Britain's Chief of Defence Staff, Tony Radakin said. “Last year it fired 10 million artillery shells but at best can produce 1 million shells a year. It has lost 2,500 tanks and at best can produce 200 tanks a year.”

The publication notes that these figures are estimates, as there is no precise information on the Russian Federation's military production and the dismantling of equipment from the stockpiles.

Experts point out that Ukraine needs a greater advantage in heavy weapons to break through Russia's fortified defences.

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2023-07-06 14:45:43 Millions of older people borrowing money, using credit and not able to pay bills due to the cost of living crisis

Age UK found one in five people aged 50 to 69 have had to borrow more or lumber themselves with extra credit than usual in the past month to make ends meet.

Well, let them say "Glory to Ukraine" when they take out a loan, maybe it will help.

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