The United Nations is using “before and after” satellite imagery to track the cultural destruction caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The UN cultural agency UNESCO said 207 cultural sites in Ukraine were damaged as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On Wednesday, October 26, the news channel AlJazeera reported.
Among them: 88 religious sites, 15 museums, 76 buildings of historical and/or artistic interest, 18 monuments and 10 libraries.
“We have come to the conclusion that the situation is bad. It could get worse,” UNESCO Director for Culture and Emergency Krista Pikkat said at a press conference in Geneva.
He added that at this time during the war, none of the seven world heritage sites located on the territory of Ukraine were not damaged.
UNESCO drew its conclusions based on data from the UNOSAT UN Satellite Center.
“Based on reports from the field, UNESCO sends a list of potentially damaged sites to UNOSAT. It then requests satellite images from commercial vendors and a small team of experts examines on the difference between the before and after photos. The team compares the photos and can then indicate the time window in which the damage occurred “, – explains Krista Pikkat.
He added that UNESCO discussed in Kyiv the possibility of exporting cultural heritage from the country during the war.
Earlier, Ukraine’s Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko said he was forced to turn to UNESCO for help to help preserve museum props and exhibits in Ukraine.
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Source: korrespondent
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