In a recent photo, a Ukrainian refugee in the UK says she recognizes items apparently looted from her house sitting on top of a Russian tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Alina Koreniuk, the box in the photo contains a new boiler she planned to install before the war began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her children and she left Ukraine on April 8 and are currently staying with a British couple in Nottinghamshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The image, taken in late May, shows the tank driving past bombed-out residential buildings in Popasna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since May 8, Russian forces have held control of the town in the Luhansk region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms Koreniuk claims the photograph was taken on a street just five minutes away from her home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“He asked me if I saw anything strange about this photo,” she told.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aside from the boiler, she says the tank also contains a tablecloth from the family’s summer house, new Disney bed sheets for her children, and a red blanket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A close-up of looted items on a Russian tank<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms Koreniuk added that the bed linen was used to cover something, most likely a TV or other electronic equipment that had been left at the house when they were forced to leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But what had happened had not surprised her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Our first thought was that whatever they hadn’t destroyed, they’d steal,” she explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We anticipated that houses in Popasna would be looted.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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