Russians have damaged 1,723 cultural heritage sites in Ukraine, and 2,524 cultural infrastructure objects have been affected. This was reported by the Ministry of Culture, writes UNN.
As of early April 2026, due to Russian aggression in Ukraine, 1,723 cultural heritage sites and 2,524 cultural infrastructure objects have been destroyed or damaged. Among the damaged cultural heritage sites, 159 have national significance status, 1,403 are of local significance, and 161 are newly discovered. 45 cultural heritage sites have been completely destroyed.
In total, damage has been recorded in 18 regions. The most significant destruction occurred to monuments in Kharkiv Oblast — 349, Kherson Oblast — 302, Odesa Oblast — 200, Donetsk Oblast — 195, Kyiv Oblast and the city of Kyiv — 173.
At the same time, 2,524 cultural infrastructure objects were affected by shelling and hostilities, of which 518 were completely destroyed.
The cultural infrastructure suffered the greatest losses in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Sumy, Kyiv, and Mykolaiv regions.
In total, the following were affected:
- club facilities – 1245;
- libraries – 872;
- art education institutions – 191;
- museums and galleries – 139;
- theaters, cinemas, and philharmonic halls – 52;
- parks, zoos – 11;
- reserves – 9;
- circuses – 4;
- film studio in Kyiv.
Destruction has been recorded in 341 territorial communities across Ukraine. The most significant are in the communities of Donetsk (46 TC), Sumy (38 TC), Kharkiv (34 TC), Chernihiv (34 TC), Zaporizhzhia (31 TC), Mykolaiv (23 TC), Dnipropetrovsk (23 TC), Kyiv (21 TC), Luhansk (12 TC) regions.
Almost the entire territory of Luhansk and significant parts of the territories of Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Kherson regions are under temporary occupation. This makes it impossible to accurately calculate the number of cultural institutions affected by hostilities and occupation.
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