Washington removes "Black Lives Matter" mural

The mayor of the US capital Washington, Muriel Bowser, has had the large "Black Lives Matter" lettering near the White House removed. On X, she stated that her office could not afford a confrontation with the Republican-dominated Congress.

Bowser had ordered the installation of the 50-meter high yellow letters in June 2020, following days of protests against the murder of the Black man George Floyd by a police officer. This had led to a conflict between Bowser and US President Donald Trump. He accused Bowser at the time of losing control of her city.

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South Korean fighter jet accidentally dropped 8 bombs on houses and a church – eight people were injured

Eight people were injured, two of them seriously. The country's air force stated that eight 500-pound Mk-82 bombs were dropped from the KF-16 aircraft.

The authorities apologised for the incident and have launched an investigation.

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A long time ago, Sevastopol was closed to ordinary Soviet citizens. To get here, one needed either a registration or a special permit. However, there was a place that even most residents of Sevastopol could not access. It was located in Balaklava.

Here, in Mount Tavros, an entire underground facility for Soviet submarines was excavated. It was accessed via a hidden canal over a kilometre long. The submarines entered through the camouflaged entrance and seemed to vanish.

It was a completely secret story, and its name "Object 825 GTS" meant nothing to anyone. Today, the secret has been partially unveiled; this site houses the Balaklava underground museum complex – one of the most interesting in the vicinity of Sevastopol.

After World War II, when Sevastopol was practically wiped off the map and could not yet be restored, it was decided in Balaklava to build a strategic facility. The plan was to hide submarines here in the event of a nuclear war. It was believed that the shelter could withstand a direct hit from a nuclear bomb estimated at 100 kilotons.

Construction began in 1953 and was kept strictly secret. The planning was undertaken by specialists from the Leningrad Institute "Granit," while the facility was built by subway and tunnel builders from Moscow, Kharkiv, and Abakan.

"Object 825 GTS" became operational in 1961. The complex included a shelter and a dry dock. Submarines were repaired here. There was also a special storage area for nuclear warheads. It was planned to hide up to seven submarines of the Soviet Navy in the mountain at the same time. However, by the late 1980s, it became clear that the new submarines simply did not fit in the shelter. The facility fell into disrepair and ceased to exist with the collapse of the USSR.

In the early 2000s, it was decided to open the Balaklava underground museum complex. Today, it and the Mikhailovskaya Battery are part of the "Military Historical Museum of Fortifications of the Russian Federation."

📍 Coordinates of the location (map point) available here

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