In Photos: The Ukrainian Cultural Sites Destroyed During Russia’s Invasion
Ukraine’s cultural heritage has been systematically targeted throughout Russia's 10-month invasion.
At least 227 Ukrainian cultural sites have been verified to be damaged by UNESCO.
The list includes 101 religious sites, 79 buildings of historical or artistic interest, 17 museums and 19 monuments.
Here’s a look at some of Ukraine’s cultural sites that have been partially or totally destroyed during Russia’s invasion:
At least 227 Ukrainian cultural sites have been verified to be damaged by UNESCO.
The list includes 101 religious sites, 79 buildings of historical or artistic interest, 17 museums and 19 monuments.
Here’s a look at some of Ukraine’s cultural sites that have been partially or totally destroyed during Russia’s invasion:
Russia was accused of bombing the Mariupol drama theatre in March while around 1,000 people, including children, were believed to have been sheltering inside. At least 300 people were killed, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Peter Kovalev / TASS
The Mariupol drama theatre's interior following the strike.
Sergei Bobylev / TASS
On Friday, an aide to Mariupol's Ukrainian mayor said Russian occupying authorities have started demolishing the theatre.
Sergei Bobylev / TASS
The National Literary and Memorial Museum of Ukrainian poet and philosopher Hryhoriy Skovoroda in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region after Russian shelling.
State Emergency Service of Ukraine
The National Literary and Memorial Museum of Ukrainian poet and philosopher Hryhoriy Skovoroda.
Kharkivoda.gov.ua (CC BY 4.0)
Polovtsian stone sculptures, also known as stone babas, which date from the ninth to the 13th century, pictured after Russian shelling near Izium in Ukraine's Kharkiv region.
Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine
Polovtsian stone sculptures (babas) on Mount Kremenets following Russian shelling during the Battle of Izium. One of the statues was completely destroyed. A nearby World War II monument (seen in the right-hand background) was partially destroyed.
Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine
The Holy Mountain Lavra of the Holy Dormition, a major Orthodox Christian monastery, is seen from a destroyed bridge across Siverskyi-Donets River in the recently liberated town of Sviatohirsk, Donetsk region.
Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo / TASS
The Our Lady of the Joy of All Who Sorrow church of the Sviatohirsk Lavra in the village of Bohorodychne, Donetsk region, after battles during the Russian invasion.
Valentyn Stolyarchuk, Mykhailo Chubai / ArmyInform (CC BY 4.0)
The interior of the Our Lady of the Joy of All Who Sorrow church in the Sviatohirsk Lavra complex after Russiam
Valentyn Stolyarchuk, Mykhailo Chubai / ArmyInform (CC BY 4.0)
St. George's church in the Sviatohirsk Lavra complex after Russian shelling.
Oksana Ivanets / ArmyInform (CC BY 4.0)
St. George's church in the Sviatohirsk Lavra complex after Russian shelling.
Oksana Ivanets / ArmyInform (CC BY 4.0)
A Jewish cemetery in Hlukhiv, Sumy region, following Russian shelling.
Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine
The Drobitsky Yar Holocaust memorial in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region after Russian shelling.
National Police of Ukraine
The house estate of Leopold Koenig, one of the richest entrepreneurs in the Russian Empire, in the city of Trostianets, Sumy region.
Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine
A bust of Ukraine's national poet Taras Shevchenko in the city of Borodyanka.
Oleksandr Ratushniak / UNDP Ukraine
A bust of Ukraine's national poet Taras Shevchenko in the city of Borodyanka with a destroyed building in the background.
Celestino Arce Lavin / ZUMA Press Wire / TASS
The ruins of Church of the Ascension in Lukianivka, which dates from 1879, in the Kyiv region.
Ollexa (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ruins of the Ivankiv Historical Museum in the Kyiv region.
Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine
The city of Izium after it was recaptured from Russian occupation.
Journalist Dmitry Muratov (foreground) during the carrying out of the coffin, after the lying in state of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.
