The ongoing war in Ukraine continues to take its toll on culture, not limiting to the material heritage. In March, the unique archive of Ukrainian folk songs stored on the folk-ukraine.com website fell victim to Russian cyber-aggression – the ethnomusicologist Marichka Marczyk informed the attack on her FB profile. The author compared this act of...

The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine has already recorded more than 135 reports of damage inflicted to cultural heritage objects according to culturecrimes.mkip.gov.ua. Religious buildings suffered the greatest losses – 59 buildings of various denominations were damaged. Another 58 objects include architectural and urban monuments. It involves, among others, 5 sites of...

The wealth of Central and Eastern European cultural heritage consists of Polish, German, Ukrainian, Russian and many other traditions. This unique resource has been threatened by Russian aggression against Ukraine. From the very first days of the war, more than 140,000 monuments in the neighboring country have been the target of deliberate attacks or were...