Russia damages or destroys over 1,500 cultural landmarks in Ukraine
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Wed, 23 Jul 2025 21:05:00 +0300

The press service of the Ministry of Culture reported the information.Among the damaged cultural heritage sites, 147 are of national significance, 1,267 are of local significance, and another 114 have been recently discovered.Destruction has been recorded in 18 regions in total. The most affected sites are in Kharkiv region (336), Kherson region (289), Odesa region (179), Donetsk region (173), as well as in Kyiv region and the capital (111).In addition, as a result of hostilities and shelling, 2,359 cultural infrastructure facilities have been damaged, of which 471 have been completely destroyed.The most serious losses to cultural infrastructure have occurred in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, and Sumy regions.On July 21, during an artillery shelling, Russia damaged the theater building in Kherson.
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