memeorandum: Ex-partner of Ukrainian ‘heiress’ who infiltrated Mar-a-Lago club shot outside Canada resort (Edward Helmore/The Guardian)

7:50 AM ET, October 9, 2022

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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:

Ex-partner of Ukrainian ‘heiress’ who infiltrated Mar-a-Lago club shot outside Canada resort — Valeriy Tarasenko was left with ‘significant injuries’ but expected to survive, according to Quebec police — An associate of the Ukrainian woman who posed as a member of the Rothschild banking family …

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Washington Post:
Explosion hits Crimean Bridge, damaging Russian supply route to Ukraine

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