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Mention the war: Germany awakes

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The Art of War in the Middle East

Harkif has a big fine art museum with a big collection of russian artist, ucranian artists and also some west european old masters. And it lost all its windows early on in one of the blasts. Staff f been posting pictures on social media, and you can see the curtains in tatters and glass all over the parquet floors. Even others have been taken down and at least put to face down on the floor. It is absolutely devastationg,. i'm line to viewed a whole bunch of art historians and curators and architectural historians, and every one of them, you know, you could hear the desperation in their voices. They're terrified for their collections

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