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The classic children’s books that Putin could not destroy

There it is, on a wintry morning: charred masonry, gnarled metal, glass shards, rubble and dust.

Yet another ravaged building in Ukraine: this violation is against Kherson’s regional library for children, a place of effervescent creativity with a wonderful collection, named Dnipro Seagull library, after the birds that soar over the city’s river.

Atop the stairs, there was a beautiful stained-glass panel featuring a seagull on the wing. The library was

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