More than 1,700 cultural objects were damaged by the actions of the Russians in Ukraine
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As of September 29, 2023, due to Russian aggression in Ukraine suffered 1702 objects of cultural infrastructure, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy reported.
“The largest group of cultural infrastructure objects that suffered damage or destruction are club facilities – 49% of the total number of cultural infrastructure facilities that suffered damage“, says the message of the ICIP.
The greatest number of losses and damages was recorded in Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Luhansk and Zaporizhia regions.
In general, the following were affected by the actions of the Russians in Ukraine:
- 841 House of Culture;
- 601 library;
- 131 institution of art education;
- 99 museums and galleries;
- 30 theaters and philharmonics.
The ministry noted that they cannot accurately calculate the objects affected by hostilities in the territories that are still under temporary occupation – this is almost the entire territory of Luhansk and significant parts of the territories of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions.
| The theater in Chernihiv was damaged by a Russian missile attack on August 19. Photo: Chernihiv Regional Academic Music and Drama Theater named after T. Shevchenko / Facebook |
In January of this year, the Ministry of Culture reported that 1,189 objects of cultural infrastructure were damaged due to full-scale aggression in Ukraine. At that time, almost a third of them – 446 objects – were completely destroyed.
As for cultural heritage, according to the ICRC, from February 24, 2022 to July 25, 2023, 763 such objects were damaged or destroyed.
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