From February 24 to July 23 of this year, at least 183 religious sites in 14 regions of Ukraine were fully or partly damaged as a result of the armed attack by the russian federation. Such information is provided by the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnic Affairs and Freedom of Conscience (DESS) based on monitoring results.
In particular, churches, mosques, synagogues, educational and administrative buildings of religious communities of Ukraine were damaged.
5 of the 183 sites damaged are Muslim, 5 Jewish, the other 173 Christian.
The largest number of damaged religious sites are in Donetsk (45) and Luhansk (40) regions followed by Kyiv (34) and Kharkiv (25) regions.
The full list of damaged sites of Ukraine’s religious communities is available in Ukraine.
It should be reminded that the monitoring of damaged religious sites is conducted by the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnic Affairs and Freedom of Conscience (DESS) in cooperation with the Workshop for the Academic Study of Religion (WASR).
It is also important to send information, including photos about damages to spiritual sites and other consequences of the russian invasion into Ukraine for religious communities to [email protected] or by mobile: +380 97 705 38 57.
In addition, you can register evidence of war crimes against humanity and cultural heritage sites committed by the russian army here.
