In Kharkiv, Russian forces bombed the Slovo Building, a cultural center highlighting Ukrainian writers and poets of the Renaissance. Freedom Square in the center of Kharkiv was also damaged.
In an incredible irony Russia pretends to be fighting Nazis in Ukraine. But the Russian bombing targets not only Ukrainian but also Jewish memory sites. There have been bombings at Holocaust memorials in Kyiv’s Babyn Yar and in Drobytsky Yar in Kharkiv, where 15,000 Jews were killed during WWII.
Russia is conducting war against Ukraine. And it is intended to destroy not only the Ukrainian people but also its cultural heritage. This is a familiar Russian strategy which dates back to both the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. And it was also used the first time Russia attacked the Ukraine in 2014.
