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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Pjotr Sauer

Ukraine accuses Russian forces of seizing 2,000 artworks in Mariupol

A view of a hall in the museum of Arkhip Kuindzhi, destroyed after shelling in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine.
A view of a hall in the museum of Arkhip Kuindzhi, destroyed after shelling in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine. Photograph: AP

Ukrainian officials have accused Russian forces of seizing “over 2,000 artworks” from museums in the occupied city of Mariupol and moving the pieces to areas of the Russian-controlled Donbas region.

“The occupiers ‘liberated’ Mariupol from its historical and cultural heritage. They stole and moved more than 2,000 unique exhibits from museums in Mariupol to Donetsk,” the Mariupol city council said in a statement posted on its Telegram channel on Thursday.

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