As Russia Wages War on Ukraine’s Culture, Kyiv Turns To Its Own Monuments Men — With a Twist

A campaign to prosecute looters of art and destroyers of culture is being organized amid the destruction wreaked by war.

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Damage inside Odessa's Transfiguration Cathedral on July 23, 2023 following Russian missile attacks. AP/Jae C. Hong, file

Faced with Russia’s looting of museums and destruction of churches, Ukraine is setting up its own Monuments Men – with a twist. Similar to the Allies’ World War II unit, Ukraine’s men and women are working to catalog and repatriate stolen art. In addition, this new unit of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces are gathering evidence to prosecute Russian military looters and vandals.

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