Monuments, works of art before and after the start of the war

Russian occupiers continue to destroy everything that resembles Ukraine. A monument dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the Ukrainian Cossacks was destroyed in Mariupol.
 

A place of remembrance for fallen Ukrainians in the centre of Kyiv. Here, each flag is left in memory of a fallen Ukrainian soldier. 

The fragments of a Russian missile hit the educational building of the Mykhailo Boychuk Kyiv State Academy of Decorative and Applied Arts and Design.

Russian aviation launched guided bombs at a house of culture in the town of Semenivka in Chernihiv region. The building was the National Museum of Taras Shevchenko and the city administration. 

A missile strike by the Russian army destroyed a 19th-century architectural monument in the city of Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region.

The Roman Shukhevych Museum was destroyed by a Russian attack drone. Russians are destroying the cultural heritage of Ukraine.

The Pavlovs' manor is a two-storey building in the historic centre of Kharkiv, on Poltavskyi Shlyakh Street, built in 1832 by architect Andrii Ton. It was destroyed by a Russian missile.

Retreating from the Sumy region, Russian troops inflicted maximum damage to all possible infrastructure, including Ukraine's cultural heritage, objects that pose absolutely no threat.

Photo selection of steles at the entrance to Ukrainian cities. Russian troops at the first opportunity repaint them in the colours of the Russian flag. 

As a result of Russian shelling in Gulyaypol, Zaporizhzhya region, a unique building - a steam mill dating back to 1894 - was subjected to destruction.