{"id":145809,"date":"2025-02-26T14:36:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=145809"},"modified":"2025-02-26T14:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:41:08","slug":"war-and-theft-the-takeover-of-ukraines-agricultural-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=145809","title":{"rendered":"War and Theft: The Takeover of Ukraine\u2019s Agricultural Land"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/takeover-ukraine-agricultural-land.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of takeover-ukraine-agricultural-land.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2776f034-1ee0-41bf-ba7e-b97b5e1439c9\" href=\"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/takeover-ukraine-agricultural-land.pdf\">takeover-ukraine-agricultural-land<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/takeover-ukraine-agricultural-land.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2776f034-1ee0-41bf-ba7e-b97b5e1439c9\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/ukraine\/war-and-theft-takeover-ukraines-agricultural-land\">via<\/a>  also read<a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/world\/selling-out-ukraine-casts-shame-on-the-west-3240545\"> this <\/a>!  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