The shelling of Odessa: the Russians damaged the building of the art museum

24.07.2022

Odessa, Odessa region

With this strike, Russia endangered the historic center of Odessa, included in the Tentative UNESCO World Heritage List. The blast wave damaged the windows in the building of the Odessa Art Museum. The port part, according to the updated version of the nomination dossier, which will soon be submitted by Ukraine to UNESCO, will be included in the buffer zone of the World Heritage Site. The port is located close to the key cultural heritage sites of Odessa, - Minister of Culture Alexander Tkachenko wrote in his TG channel.

Source: Minister of Culture Oleksandr Tkachenko.