Oleksandr Tkachenko, the head of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine said that more than 800 cultural objects were destroyed or damaged by Russian troops in Ukraine as of November 21, 2022.
Source: Oleksandr Tkachenko, the head of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine
“We are currently conducting active work, in particular with UNESCO, to strengthen these objects on the eve of winter, to obtain, in particular, generators. It is important for us now to get through the winter so that the museums have electricity, so that cultural life lasts in Ukraine,” explained the head of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine.
At the same time, the Minister emphasized that today’s war is a struggle of Ukrainians for the right to the existence of their own culture.
“This war is against our very identity, against our people. We see it not only in Bucha but also in many other liberated areas of Kharkiv and Kherson regions, where Ukrainians were killed just for the right to be Ukrainians,” concluded Oleksandr Tkachenko.
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