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Latest news Ukraine

Italy faces backlash for hosting Russian conductor, who backs killings Putin’s regime, at UNESCO World Heritage palace

The July 27 event at the Royal Palace of Caserta has provoked outrage, with Ukrainian groups warning that hosting Putin’s favorite maestro desecrates cultural heritage and insults war victims.

byOlena Mukhina

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Culture of Ukraine

This Ukrainian genius shaped the Russian empire. His lost opera could now shatter Putin’s

Putin's imperial pageantry rests on an uncomfortable truth: the sound of Russian power was made by a Ukrainian whose identity Moscow is trying to erase.

byChristine Chraibi

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Opinion

Russia destroying Ukraine’s cultural heritage is not a bug—it’s a feature of Putin’s war

Russian forces have damaged or destroyed 451 museums, libraries, and religious buildings since February 2022, following the Kremlin's official line that Ukrainian national identity is merely "a disorder of the mind."

byKarel Komarek

russian attacks damage over 1300 cultural monuments across ukraine culture ministry says aftermath russia's missile strike odesa's historic center 31 2025 telegram/hennady trukhanov dff32c378562d86a5d303a7f5105e724 invasion damaged 1333 heritage sites 2185

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Latest news Ukraine

Russian attacks damage over 1,300 cultural monuments across Ukraine, Culture Ministry says

The Russian invasion damaged 1,333 cultural heritage sites and 2,185 cultural infrastructure facilities across Ukraine, with January 2025 seeing 78 additional sites affected

byYuri Zoria