14/04/2022 15:32

Commissioner: the enemy ruthlessly destroys the cultural heritage of the Ukrainian people

Along with the lives of civilians and the military, residential buildings and infrastructure, the aggressor state’s troops are destroying the cultural heritage of the Ukrainian people.

Dozens of destroyed churches, theaters, memorials due to shelling by the racist army.

According to the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, 189 cases of destruction of such objects have been recorded.

Destroyed or damaged:

 74 cultural heritage sites.

 82 religious buildings.

 21 memorials.

 15 buildings, museum complexes and reserves.

 17 houses of culture, theaters, libraries.

The destruction and damage of Ukraine’s tangible cultural heritage sites is a gross violation by Russia, as a member of UNESCO, of the protocols to the UNESCO Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property during Military Conflict.

I appeal to the UN Commission for Investigation Human Rights Violations during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine to take into account these facts of Russian human rights violations in Ukraine.

I call on international partners to close the skies over Ukraine and provide weapons to fight the aggressor country of Russia!