Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, 1 520 objects of cultural infrastructure have been damaged and destroyed (as of Mау 25, 2023). Almost a third of them – 541 objects – have been completely destroyed.
Among them:
- clubs – 727;
- Libraries – 571;
- museums and galleries – 82;
- Theaters and philharmonic societies – 25;
- Art education institutions – 115.
The greatest losses and damage to the cultural infrastructure were sustained in Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kyiv, and Luhansk regions.
Source: Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine