Russia launched a major strike on Kyiv and the surrounding region in the early hours of Sunday, May 24. Four people were killed and about 100 were injured, with damage reported across civilian infrastructure including supermarkets, emergency service facilities, universities, cultural sites, and museums. The National Art Museum of Ukraine and the Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum, both recently renovated, were among the affected sites. Ukrainian forces reported intercepting 549 drones and 55 missiles, while 19 missiles did not reach their targets. The attack included 90 missiles and 600 drones, and featured the hypersonic Oreshnik missile. Museums have tried to protect collections by moving relics abroad, hiding items securely, and strengthening security, but looting and damage have continued. The Zhytnii Market and the Hinaus Gallery also suffered from shattered windows.
"In the early hours of Sunday, May 24, Russia launched a major strike on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and its surrounding region amid its four-year war on its neighbor. The attack killed four people, and injured about 100, according to the BBC. It also damaged an array of civilian infrastructure, from supermarkets and emergency service facilities to universities, cultural sites, and museums, including the National Art Museum of Ukraine (NAMU) and the Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum, both recently renovated."
"The Ukrainian air force has reported that Russia launched 90 missiles and 600 drones against the Kyiv region over the weekend, the BBC said. Ukrainian fighters stated they intercepted 549 drones, and 55 missiles. Nineteen further missiles did not reach their targets. This attack marked only the third time in Russia's war on Ukraine that the former country launched a lethal, hypersonic Oreshnik missile against the latter-a symbolic political threat, according to the New York Times."
"Since the start of the war, Ukrainian museums have done their best to shield their troves from the impact of the conflict, shipping some cultural relics abroad, hiding others in secure locations, and fortifying their on-site security measures. Still, scores of institutions caught in the crosshairs of invasion have faced looting time and again. That hasn't stopped them from mounting shows."
"The 46-year-old Zhytnii Market-which Kyiv officials recently named a cultural heritage site-suffered from shattered windows. So did the nearby Hinaus Gallery (though the mosaics of 18th-century Ukrainian philosopher Hryhorii Skovoroda which it had unveiled two days prior"
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