The European Union included the Chersonese Tavriysky State Museum-Reserve, Located in Sevastopol, to the 17th Package of Sanctions, directed against organizations and institutions, involved in Russia's aggression against Ukraine. “After a full -scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, the museum used its platform to facilitate the invasion and its implementation, in particular by organizing deliveries to the forefront. Therefore, the State Museum-Reserve

Destruction of Ukrainian cultural heritage is one of the goals of a full -scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine. This became apparent after numerous robberies of museums in the occupied territories, as well as rockets and drones in museum buildings. Despite that, Many valuable museum collections have not yet been evacuated in high -risk areas and in frontline areas. Sumy region

Museum of Khorunzhi UPA Roman Shukhevych in Lviv, destroyed by a Russian rocket on New Year's Eve 1 January 2024 year, requires large -scale reconstruction. According to preliminary estimates, To complete the building of the building requires close 40 million hryvnias. Currently managed to gather only near 2 millions of hryvnias is just 5% from the required amount. The funds come from

The French organization demands to exclude Russia with ICOM due, For their freedom and ours!» (Ukr. “For Ukraine, For their and our freedom!») called for exclusion of the Russian Federation from the International Council of Museums (ICOM). She initiated the petition, in which the Russian Federation and employees are required to terminate

Ukrainian Museums and Cultural Heritage again threatened destruction through the war. As she reported 11 April at a briefing at the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy Deputy Minister Galina Grigorenko, The state does not actually have sufficient opportunities for evacuation and safe storage of state museum fund objects. According to Grigorenko, To ensure the preservation of the displaced

Ukraine presented its pavilion “Not For Sale” (“Not for sale”) At the Expo World Exhibition 2025 In the Osaka (Japan). “Shop, in which nothing can be bought”. It instead of goods on the shelves presents objects-symbols of the Russian War in Ukraine. One of these items is the replica of ancient marble sculpture of the lion, which Russians were abducted from the Kherson Museum of Local History in