Kyiv, Ukraine, July 2, 2026 (AFP) - Russian strike burns 800,000 books to ash: Ukrainian publisher

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2026-07-02

A Ukrainian publishing house, whose portfolio includes books by George Orwell and Barack Obama, said Thursday it had lost around 800,000 books in the deadly Russian strike on Kyiv. The overnight attack, which killed at least 21 people and left dozens wounded, was one of the biggest aerial barrages launched by Russia during its invasion of Ukraine, now in its fifth year. Ukraine has frequently blamed Moscow for targeting its cultural sites, inclu......

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