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A Patriot in the pews: the strange story the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra strike tells
Russia's defence ministry says a US-made Patriot missile struck one of Orthodox Christianity's most important sites in Kyiv. The claim is unverified, politically convenient — and a useful test of how the war's air-defence story is being told.
Wire provenance
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- https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/177b9f264e
- https://t.me/euronews/177b9f264e
- https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/177b9f264e
- https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/177b9f264e
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