Another museumthis time in the Kharkiv region, the Russian Air Force was hit, killing two people and causing damage to a building. Ukrainian President.

“More than 60 museums and galleries in different regions of our country have been destroyed or damaged by the occupiers” since the beginning of the Russian invasion, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

He confirmed that two women were killed when Russian S-300 rockets fired at a museum in Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, about 10 kilometers from the front line.

Zelensky published a video of the damaged museum building, part of which collapsed.

❝All those responsible for these war crimes will definitely be held accountable and it will be merciless❞

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced 1 dead and 10 wounded as a result of a Russian strike on Kupyansk, a city in the east of the Kharkiv region https://t.co/kbsYbi8APq pic.twitter.com/BMsdu6owbc

— ANADOLU AGENCY (@anadoluagency) April 25, 2023

“The country of terrorists is doing everything to completely destroy us. Our history, our culture, our people,” he wrote.

Kupyansk, which had a pre-invasion population of 26,000, is a major rail junction that the Russians occupied within months of the February 2022 invasion. The Ukrainians regained control of the Ukrainian city last September.

The death toll in the attack on the museum in St. #Kupyansk grew to two. pic.twitter.com/I8k82LaI5I

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) April 25, 2023

In addition, he said that in Kherson, as a result of a Russian air strike, a church was destroyed. “This temple was one of hundreds of temples and churches destroyed by Russian attacks.”

Source: Guardian/Reuters.