A total of 1,795 cultural institutions in liberated regions have been damaged as a result of Russian strikes, the country’s acting culture minister Rostyslav Karandieiev has said, according to the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform.
In a speech yesterday, Mr Karandieiev described the devastation that had been left behind in the country.
“As of today, damage has been confirmed to 1,795 cultural institutions in de-occupied territories,” he said.
“We are recording huge losses in other, seemingly peaceful, territories as well.
“Not even a week has passed since a Russian missile destroyed the object of cultural infrastructure – the State Academy of Decorative and Applied Arts and Design in Kyiv.
“And our western regions, unfortunately, are not protected from the enemy either.”
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