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Ukrainian culture and cultural infrastructure have been under systematic attacks by Russia since 2014 despite claims that "culture is outside of politics". 1/6

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The repression of Ukrainian culture, erasing any signs of Ukraine, torturing pro-Ukrainian artists have become a strategy in Crimea and coupled parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions since 2014. 2/6

After the beginning of full-scale invasion, Russia commits direct attacks against cultural sites and repressions of Ukrainian culture in the occupied territories. 3/6

According to Ukraine's Ministry of Culture and Information Policy, 553 cultural sites have been damaged or destroyed. Among them are the Hryhorii Skovoroda Museum, the Kuindzhi Art Museum and many others. These attacks also lead to irreparable harm to many cultural objects. 4/6

Another component is a strategy aimed at erasing any signs of Ukraine in the occupied territories, looting valuable cultural sites, persecution of pro-Ukrainian artists, destroying Ukrainian memorials and re-installing ideologically correct "Russian" signs. 5/6

All these actions make clear that Russia destroys Ukrainian culture specifically because of its Ukrainian origin. 6/6