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UNESCO: At least 53 cultural sites in Ukraine are damaged : NPR

By Deepa Shivaram, April 2, 20226:08 PM ET

The Menorah memorial is seen outside of Kharkiv at the Drobitsky Yar Holocaust memorial, a location that saw a mass killing of Jewish people by Nazis during WWII. UNESCO included the memorial in its list of sites that have sustained damaged since Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, UNESCO says it’s verified damage to at least 53 cultural sites in the country.

The organization says it assesses damage reported in the media or by Ukrainian officials and has a system to monitor main Ukrainian sites and monuments via satellite imagery.

“Our experts continue to verify each report, and it is feared that other sites will be added to this list,” a UNESCO spokesperson told NPR.

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