The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy announces gathering of information on damage and destruction of cultural heritage sites committed by Russian occupation forces in Ukraine.
Russia’s aggression is being accompanied by movement of heavy military equipment, missiles and air strikes, artillery shelling of Ukrainian cities and villages.
We urge witnesses of destruction of cultural heritage from all regions of Ukraine to send photo or video evidences to the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy to the resource: https://culturecrimes.mkip.gov.ua
Data available for public use will be published on the portal. Verified provided materials may be transferred to the International Criminal Court in Hague for investigation.
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Since the beginning of Russian aggression on the territory of Ukraine, which began in 2014, Ukrainian cultural heritage sites have suffered from vandalism of invaders and is constantly under threat. The situation with the preservation of Ukrainian cultural heritage has significantly aggravated since February 24, 2022, when regular military units of Russian Federation started war in Ukraine.
In particular, as a result of offensive of Russian troops, the Museum of History and Local Lore in Ivankiv village in Kyiv region. Dozens of architectural and historical monuments were partially destroyed and damaged by rocket and bomb attacks of Russian troops on cities of Kharkiv and Chernihiv. Significant damage to the architectural monument – the building of Shchors cinema in center of Chernihiv, historic school building on Shevchenko street in Kharkiv, wooden Church of Intercession built in the end of XIX century in Vyazivka village in Zhytomyr region.
There is also information on local damage caused by Russian bombing on such architectural masterpieces as the Assumption Cathedral in Kharkiv and ensemble of the Trinity-Elijah Monastery in Chernihiv. Repeated examples of damage to public and religious buildings show the indiscriminate shelling of Russian troops, which are indisputable signs of war crimes committed by Russian Federation against Ukrainian people and its cultural heritage.
