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Russian Orthodox patriarch says war is struggle to ‘keep human civilization viable’ as Moscow, Kyiv mark holiday amid fighting Source

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Kyiv’s forces networked under Russian attack, achieving a cut-priced ‘MacGyver’ version of systems the Pentagon has spent decades developing Source