according to the ministry of culture and information policy of ukraine, only for the period from february 24 , 2022 to april 25, 2024, the russian federation destroyed or damaged 1,062 objects of our cultural heritage, including 123 monuments of national significance. most of all from the aggressor'. kharkiv region and kherson region suffered, followed by donetsk region, odesa, chernihiv, kyiv and kyiv. these crimes began back in 2014, when russia not only illegally occupied ukrainian territories, but also began to destroy and loot cultural monuments. during the active hostilities in the east of ukraine, russian troops dug in burial mounds and settlements. how many mounds were destroyed is not known for sure. according to the calculations of the ukrainian historian serhii telzhenko, at least 60, and if we also take the occupied part of luhansk region, then the number is much higher. after the occupation of crimea, it is also unknown and the fate of the collection of scythian gold from the melitopol museum. in order to protect the exhibits from the occupiers, ukrainian museum workers, as i