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Rhiannon12866

(204,779 posts) Mon Mar 7, 2022, 10:55 PM Mar 2022

'Under Threat': Ukrainians Race To Protect Cultural Heritage Amid Russian Attacks - The Beat - MSNBC

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Ambassador William Taylor, and Ukraine’s Minister of Culture and Information Policy, Aleksander Tkachenko, join MSNBC’s Ari Melber to discuss the escalating conflict and the cultural history Putin’s forces are destroying. Aired on 03/07/2022.

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'Under Threat': Ukrainians Race To Protect Cultural Heritage Amid Russian Attacks - The Beat - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Mar 2022 OP

Sickening! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #1

When I was in that area, we visited a 9th century church! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2022 #3

Wow! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #4

This is heartbreaking. Haggis 4 Breakfast Mar 2022 #2

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)

1. Sickening!

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 10:59 PM

Mar 2022

Rhiannon12866

(204,779 posts)

3. When I was in that area, we visited a 9th century church!

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 11:08 PM

Mar 2022

There is no replacing these cultural icons that go back more centuries than many societies in Europe, let alone the U.S., even existed...

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)

4. Wow!

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 11:12 PM

Mar 2022

No they cannot be replaced.

Haggis 4 Breakfast

(1,453 posts)

2. This is heartbreaking.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 11:02 PM

Mar 2022

I'm remembering when the Taliban destroyed the Buddha statues.

No doubt, putin thinks that destroying the iconic cultural treasures of Ukraine's historic past will erase their unique identity.

W R O N G.

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