Vikings & The Rus in Medieval Ukraine
Gone Medieval
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The Importance of Prioritising in a Wartime Situation
Museums and archaeological sites are of course not safe in any wartime situation. Federe described to me how, on the morning of the invasion, after reports of the attacks on Kyiv's airport, he was asked to get to the museum as quickly as he could. For the next month or so, Federe and some of his colleagues essentially moved into the museum to continue their work of protecting the artefacts. Thankfully to date, Federe's museum has largely survived unscathed. Numerous museums, however, have been severely damaged in fighting and missile attacks, and others again have been extensively looted by the invading forces.
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