As of September 25, due to full-scale Russian aggression, 1,599 cultural heritage sites and 2,415 cultural infrastructure facilities in Ukraine have been destroyed or damaged. This was reported by the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine.
Among the damaged cultural heritage sites, 149 are of national significance, 1,300 are of local significance, and 150 were newly identified.
UNESCO recorded the highest number of damaged cultural sites in Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Odessa regions.
Damage has been recorded in 18 regions and Kyiv. The most affected cultural heritage sites are in Kharkiv region — 341, Kherson — 293, Odessa — 182, Donetsk — 173, and Kyiv region and Kyiv city — 154.
In addition, 2,415 cultural infrastructure facilities were damaged, including 491 that were completely destroyed. The greatest losses occurred in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kyiv, Sumy, and Mykolaiv regions.
Damaged facilities include 1,175 community centers, 848 libraries, 184 art education institutions, 133 museums and galleries, 50 theaters, cinemas, and philharmonics, 9 reserves, 11 parks and zoos, 4 circuses, and a film studio in Kyiv.
Destruction was recorded in 326 territorial communities across Ukraine, with the highest numbers in Donetsk (46 communities), Sumy (37), Kharkiv (33), Chernihiv (31), Zaporizhzhia (28), Mykolaiv (23), Dnipropetrovsk (22), Kyiv (21), and Luhansk (12) regions.
The ministry reminded that almost the entire territory of Luhansk region and significant parts of Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Kherson regions remain under Russian occupation, making it impossible to determine the exact number of damaged cultural institutions.
