Since Russia started its war against Ukraine on February 24, 2022, numerous cultural sites across Ukraine have sustained varying degrees of damage. As of February 7, 2024, UNESCO has verified damage to 342 sites, highlighting the war's ongoing impact on the country's cultural heritage. Among them are 127 religious sites, 150 buildings of historical and artistic interest, 31 museums, 19 monuments, 14 libraries, and 1 archive.
Photographic records play an important part in capturing the impact of the war on the country's rich cultural heritage and helping to imagine the scale of what is lost.
