300 cases of war crimes against cultural heritage documented in Ukraine

As many as 300 cases of war crimes by Russian troops against the cultural heritage of Ukraine have been documented, Report informs referring to the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of the country.

“The ministry continues to record Russian war crimes against cultural heritage. 300 episodes have already been documented,” reads a statement by the press service of the ministry.

The destruction of cultural heritage sites is a war crime under the 1954 Hague Convention.

“We continue to record every crime of the Russian military against the cultural heritage of Ukraine. Not a single episode should be left without attention of international criminal proceedings,” Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko said.