UN tracking Ukraine’s cultural damage with satellite imagery

Earlier than and after satellite tv for pc imagery helps to maintain monitor of the injury Russia’s struggle in Ukraine is inflicting on the nation’s cultural websites.

The United Nations tradition company UNESCO, with the assistance of the UN Satellite tv for pc Centre UNOSAT, has verified injury to 207 cultural websites in Ukraine because the Russian invasion on February 24.

To date 88 spiritual websites, 15 museums, 76 buildings of historic and or inventive curiosity, 18 monuments and 10 libraries have been broken.

These embrace a theatre within the southern metropolis of Mariupol the place 1000’s together with youngsters had taken refuge.

“Our conclusion is it is dangerous, and it could proceed to get even worse,” UNESCO’s cultural and emergencies director Krista Pikkat instructed reporters at a briefing in Geneva.

The staff’s evaluation is to be shared on a web based monitoring platform launching quickly. 

“Our main accountability is to ensure we have now data accessible concerning the websites’ state of affairs to be prepared for restoration, however we all know that in earlier circumstances this documentation has been used additionally by the nation authorities in the event that they wish to look into allegations of struggle crimes,” Pikkat stated.

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