The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has removed from the State Register of Immovable Monuments the site where the Pereiaslav Council of 1654 took place. At that time, the Ukrainian Cossack state came under the protectorate of the Moscow state.
An ancient Trypillian vase, which was previously attempted to be illegally exported to Switzerland, has been handed over to the National Museum of the History of Ukraine. Experts date it to the mid-5th millennium BC.
On December 30, 2025, the Ministry of Culture added 26 unique museum objects to the State Register of National Cultural Heritage. Among them are the Altar Gospel of 1707 and the anthropomorphic stele "Kernosivsky Idol" from the 2nd millennium BC.
The manuscript contains over 268 pages with detailed diagrams and drawings, some of which were written before the Battle of Poltava in 1709.
The National Museum of the History of Ukraine received a rare sword from the Kyivan Rus' era, found near Radomyshl in the Zhytomyr region, dating back to the second half of the 10th – early 11th century. Two axes were also handed over to the museum, and the artifacts were found by Viktor Moshchenko and his daughter Natalia.
The prosecutor's office has handed over to the state the largest collection of archaeological valuables in the history of independent Ukraine — over 7,000 artifacts seized as part of an investigation into the illegal storage of cultural heritage. Unique valuables, including ancient coins, ancient Greek ceramics, and weapons, have been transferred to the National Museum of the History of Ukraine.
The National Museum of the History of Ukraine presented a noble ceremonial saber from the late 17th to the first half of the 18th century. It features images of Archangel Michael and a bust of Stefan Batory, as well as Latin inscriptions.
In Zakarpattia, a man will be tried for illegally excavating an archaeological site and attempting to sell a unique treasure of bronze celts, over three thousand years old. Law enforcement officers stopped the sale of artifacts from the Gava-Holihrady culture, which have now been transferred to the National Museum of the History of Ukraine.
