The international scientific and practical conference "Cultural heritage in conditions of war: protection, preservation and restoration" was held in Kyiv
An expert group on the protection, preservation and restoration of cultural heritage will be created in Ukraine. This was announced at the international scientific and practical conference “Cultural heritage in wartime: protection, preservation and restoration”, which became a platform for sharing the experience of domestic and international experts who researched the issue of protecting immovable cultural heritage and cultural values in wartime.
It was decided to create an expert working group on the protection, preservation, and restoration of cultural heritage, which will include experts in the field of cultural heritage protection, human rights defenders, architects, restorers, archaeologists, and public representatives.
The organizers of the conference were the Department of Cultural Heritage Protection of the KMDA, KNMTC and NGO “Alliance of Restorers of Historical Buildings of Ukraine”.
According to Kateryna Chuyeva, Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, who became one of the speakers at the conference, about 1,000 objects of cultural heritage and cultural institutions, some of which are located in ordinary houses, were damaged in the regions.
According to the latest verified figures, to date: more than 550 episodes of war crimes by Russian troops against the cultural heritage of Ukraine have been committed. In particular, 171 objects with the status of a monument, 146 objects of historical buildings, 58 monuments and works of art that are not registered as monuments of cultural heritage (monuments to the heroes of the anti-terrorist operation, mosaics, stained glass windows) were damaged etc.), 44 museums.
As experts noted, the data are not final. So far, it is not possible to obtain reliable information about the state of cultural heritage objects located in the temporarily occupied territories.
Source: Соцпортал