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Russia’s SVR says London orchestrated June’s Sevastopol museum attack

TASS

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July 6, 2026

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According to the service, London views the Ukraine conflict largely as an attempt to avenge their failed 19th-century project to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia

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Sputnik

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· Jul 6, 2026

UK Intel Masterminded Ukrainian Strike on Sevastopol Museum – Russian SVR

Britain's intelligence agencies plotted the June attack on Sevastopol's Museum of Heroic Defense as a deliberate provocation, Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said.

The Independent

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· Jul 6, 2026

Masked burglars take €4m worth of jewellery in latest lightning raid on French museum

The heist at Musee Lalique comes less than a year after a similar incident at the Louvre in Paris

Defence Blog

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· Jun 22, 2026

Ukraine hits the factory inside Russia’s missile supply chain

Ukraine appears to have struck one of the more obscure but consequential nodes in Russia’s weapons manufacturing chain, hitting the Sborka plant in Voronezh, a facility that Ukrainian military intelligence identifies as a supplier of specialized semiconductor components to three of Russia’s most operationally significant weapons programs: the Kh-101 cruise missile, the Iskander-K ballistic missile []

Intel Slava

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· Jul 4, 2026

[Photo] 🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — An attacked oil terminal in the Leningrad region.

— An attacked oil terminal in the Leningrad region.@Intelslava

Associated Press

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· Jul 3, 2026

Ukraine resident recalls being covered in smoke as Russian strikes hit Kyiv

Search and rescue operations continue at sites in Kyiv hit by Russia's deadly strikes on Thursday. (AP video by Srdjan Nedeljkovic) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

DNyuz

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· Jun 30, 2026

With New Seizures, Value of the Met’s Looted Artifacts Tops $95 Million

Investigators this month seized dozens of ancient artifacts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in their latest effort to return antiquities to Italy, Turkey, Egypt and other countries where they are believed to have been looted. With the items removed in June, investigators since 2017 have seized more than 120 artifacts from the Met ranging []

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Related coverage for "Russia’s SVR says London orchestrated June’s Sevastopol museum attack": Sputnik — UK Intel Masterminded Ukrainian Strike on Sevastopol Museum – Russian SVR. The Independent — Masked burglars take €4m worth of jewellery in latest lightning raid on French museum. Defence Blog — Ukraine hits the factory inside Russia’s missile supply chain. Intel Slava — [Photo] 🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — An attacked oil terminal in the Leningrad region.. Associated Press — Ukraine resident recalls being covered in smoke as Russian strikes hit Kyiv. DNyuz — With New Seizures, Value of the Met’s Looted Artifacts Tops $95 Million