Russian attack damages Kyiv's Museum of History of Ukraine in WWII – photo
The Russians damaged the hall of fame of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II at the foot of the Motherland Monument during a large-scale attack on Kyiv on the night of 2-3 February.
Source: Tetiana Berezhna, Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy – Minister of Culture of Ukraine
Details: Berezhna said that the hall of fame is a monument of science and technology of local significance.
Quote: "Symbolic and cynical at the same time: aggressor state strikes a place of memory about the struggle against aggression of the 20th century, repeating crimes already in the 21st century.
Relevant services are working at the scene – museum personnel, technical services and police. They are inspecting territory, recording damage and making an initial assessment of losses. After inspection is completed, the scope of recovery work will be known."
Details: Berezhna also said that since the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia has damaged or destroyed more than 1,680 cultural heritage sites and thousands of cultural infrastructure facilities.
She added that Ukraine, together with partners, is developing the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Fund as an international tool for restoration and protection of heritage.
The museum continues to operate.
Background: Russia carried out a combined strike on Ukraine using missiles of various types from air and ground launch platforms and attack UAVs on the night of 2-3 February. Air defence downed 450 Russian assets out of 521 launched. Impacts of 27 missiles and 31 attack UAVs were recorded at 27 locations.
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