Harkif has a big fine art museum with a big collection of russian artist, ucranian artists and also some west european old masters. And it lost all its windows early on in one of the blasts. Staff f been posting pictures on social media, and you can see the curtains in tatters and glass all over the parquet floors. Even others have been taken down and at least put to face down on the floor. It is absolutely devastationg,. i'm line to viewed a whole bunch of art historians and curators and architectural historians, and every one of them, you know, you could hear the desperation in their voices. They're terrified for their collections
For decades, Germany was doctrinally pacifist: a legacy left over from the second world war. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has
changed that, seemingly overnight. As Russia’s military advance has stalled, it has turned its firepower against civilian targets, resulting in widespread death, but also in the
destruction of Ukraine’s cultural legacy. And remembering one of the many brave, ordinary Ukrainians, fallen in defence of their country.