The MCIP continues to record information about damaged objects of cultural infrastructure in Ukraine because of russian aggression. Thus, as of March 25, 2023, 1,373 objects of cultural infrastructure have already been damaged, not including objects of cultural heritage. Almost a third of them are destroyed (514 objects).
At the same time, over the past month, the total number of damaged objects of cultural infrastructure increased by 51 objects, the main part of which are in Kharkiv region (19 objects or 37%).
In general, cultural infrastructure received the greatest losses and damages in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Luhansk regions.
Creative hubs, libraries, museums, theaters, philharmonic halls, art education institutions (art schools and colleges) were damaged or destroyed on the territory of 201 ACs (amalgamated communities) (13.7% of the total number of AC) in Vinnytsia (2%), Dnipropetrovsk (13%), Donetsk (85%), Zhytomyr (12%), Zakarpattia (2%), Zaporizhzhia (27%), Kyiv (27%), Luhansk (42%), Lviv (2%) , Mykolaiv (42%), Odesa (3%), Sumy (41%), Kharkiv (36%), Kherson (31%), Khmelnytskyi (2%), Cherkasy (3%), Chernihiv (14%) regions and the city of Kyiv.
Among them identified at least:
· creative hubs – 653
· libraries – 528
· museums and galleries – 69
· theaters and philharmonic halls – 22
· institutions of art education – 101
The largest group of cultural infrastructure objects that were damaged or destroyed are creative hubs – 48% of the total number of institutions of cultural infrastructure which suffered damage.
It should be noted that currently almost the entire territory of Luhansk and significant parts of the territories of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions are still under temporary occupation. Because of this, it is impossible to count the exact number of objects of cultural infrastructure damaged during hostilities and occupation.
