The Russian war has caused some $2.6 billion worth of damage to Ukraine's heritage and cultural sites, the United Nations has said.
Culture,
tourism, sports and entertainment have lost a combined $15.1 billion in
revenues since the Russian invasion in February 2022, the UN’s
educational, scientific and cultural organisation UNESCO asaid on
Monday, April 3.
Close to 250 monuments have either been damaged or completely destroyed, mostly in the east of the country, it said.
Seven
cultural sites and one natural site in Ukraine are on UNESCO’s World
Heritage List including, as of this year, the historic city centre of
Odesa in the southwest, which has been largely spared damage in the
conflict.
Sixteen other sites are on UNESCO’s tentative world
heritage sites list, awaiting a formal application by the government in
Kyiv to be given World Heritage status.
They include the
centre of Chernigiv in northern Ukraine, which sustained heavy damage
during a Russian siege in the early months of the conflict.
UNESCO
Director-General Audrey Azoulay, who visited Ukraine on Monday, said
around $6.9 billion was needed to repair the damage and get the sectors
back on their feet.
“We will help the Ukrainian authorities draw up a national reconstruction plan for the culture sector,” she said.
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