the houses in the andes, in northern peru. heavy rain caused a hillside in the remote town of par coin to collapse. people try to help those trap by breaking down the walls of their homes. at least 7 people are still missing . the number of afghans who can't afford food and other essentials as doubles as the taliban takeover last year. that's according to the world bank, about 3400000 people are now displaced. the country was heavily reliant on financial aid, which was frozen when the taliban took power. ah, type a quick check of the headlines here on al jazeera, the prime ministers of poland slovenia, and the check republic have been in key to show solidarity when ukrainians, even as russian shelling continued to hit the capital. they were the 1st foreign leaders to visit ukraine since rushes invasion began. will ukrainian president vladimir zalinski says their visit sends a strong message to russia. they are not concerned about themselves. they are

concerned about us. they are here to support our and this is a necessary friendly stablish and i'm sure with these types of friends with our neighbors are partners. we will be able to win. well, a polish prime minister said what's happening in ukraine is a european issue that needs a collective response. european union has to do very quickly, a candidate status and more than this has to invite you to the european union and all the defense. you were to dissent your homes. we will drive to organize or cares or to say, all over the world. we will never leave you alone. we will be with you because we know that you are fighting not only for your horse, for your freedom, for your security, but also for hours. meanwhile, the mayor of ki,

has warned that ukraine's capital is facing a difficult and dangerous moment. a $35.00 our curfew is under way after russian strikes on residential buildings and a metro station which killed 5 people. ukraine says around 29000 people were evacuated through humanitarian corridor was on tuesday. most of them left from the city of mary up all rights group say desperately needed, aid supplies are still not reaching the city for humans. refugee agency says more than 3000000 people have escaped fighting ukraine. one charles, becoming a refugee every 2nd. that's almost a month and a half 1000000 since the war began. and a quote in moscow has find a journalist, $280.00 for dramatic televised protest on sunday evening marina, i've seen a cobra broke into a light bulletin on state television holding up a sign, reading stop the wall. well, those were the headlines. the news continues here now to 0 after the stream state you and thanks so much bye for now. we understand the differences americans have culture across the world. so no matter how you take it out 0,

we're bringing the news and current affairs that matter to you count his era. ah, i'm josh rushing him for for me. okay. on today's show, russia's warren, ukraine has killed thousands of people and close to 3000000 people above the country. and as russian forces moved further into the country, thraso destroying large parts of ukraine's cultural heritage. a tactic all too common to war, took a look right now what we're most concerned about is the damage or the potential damage to monuments, sites, museums, and their collections. we're also concerned about possible looting of collections at museums and other sites. and that they and their elicit trafficking. so that's

why some of the projects at the alley foundation that we're already supporting is to inventory museum collections so that we have a strong record now of what goes where in terms of need we. um, we know from our arc, our, our partners on the ground cultural heritage professionals on the ground that what's needed most are things like packing materials. boxes, fire proof, blankets. i'm anti humidity materials so that their collections can be safely stowed, packed and stored. the faith of this collection, so making us extremely nervous. of course, in this moment, international communities trying to kill, i know they're making materials so great in and also seems a santa brand by international museums. but i am afraid lindsey sit there, asia do use lethal. and to late last week the you and cultural agency released

a statement saying that as quote gravely concerned about the destruction of ukrainian art and history. unesco said, quote, we must safeguard the cultural heritage in ukraine. as a testimony of the past, but also as a catalyst for peace and cohesion for the future, which the international community has a duty to protect and preserve. today will take a look at the efforts being made to protect ukrainian cultural heritage threatened by this russian attack. to do so, i'm joined from los angeles by irina balice cova. she's the cultural diplomacy program director at the ukrainian art center. and from the v. eugene bears this key is the founder of key of our weak and expert adviser to the ukranian ministry of culture. victoria produced as a ukrainian photographer and she's with valo, bizarre, ukrainian artist. thank you all for being here today and hate. there's one more

guest at this table for discussion and it's you on you tube. if you're watching this right now, live on you tube, see that box there. we've got a lie producer waiting to get your comments to me so i can get them to our guest and you too can be in the stream. all right, with that, let's talk about art and war. you g, witless. let's start with your, your ear in the middle today. so going to go 1st. the russians as they approach they are destroying art museums and cultural heritage locations. and, you know, i thought about this and in terms of history. and i thought, you know, when rome went to jerusalem and destroy the temple, or napoleon, went to egypt and shot the nose off the sphinx or the taliban with the buddhist statues, embalming on or ices. when they went across syria and iraq and destroyed bruins or the u. s. military when they went into baghdad, and they didn't protect those cultural locations and museums that got looted this

is common to war. even son sue wrote about this in war. he actually advised against it because he said it would turn to population against an army. but is there something, is there something different about what pollutant is doing here? and i asked this because it seems like putin, central argument for this invasion is about this kind of identity that he seems to be trying to destroy wells. this is a very complicated subject. and this, what is the main controversy? lice was in this war that on one side there is claims that would in one so you know, to a free, the heritage. oh, slow when he go for russian culture and to find the source of the culture in the ukrainian territory. but she destroys, she's army, destroys landmarks, museums the hard to carry the g o, the source,

and that's the main controller standard, like really bellowing and you know, perplexing. oh oh namely, and there is a steer. a signature is a, this is a handled side rather zone. the attempt to, oh, like recreate the as a source, esl for his ideology or is he, he's his country. hey, you do some one from youtube just piped in here, erin assignment or simmons. and says, can destroying cultural heritage sites and items lead to adding further crimes for the long list that rushes potentially looking at him during war. and i also want to bring in a little sick hermes, maybe he said it couldn't believe ukrainian nationalism undermines his effort slash narrative with preserving ukraine's cultural symbols. ah, risk increased russian resistance. so i guess like in the heart of the question,

there it, it, it is art at the center of this, this war in some way. i think you will find that may be slightly surprising arena. see, you're notting, let's get the arena. jumping on this one to hear thank you guys get to be with you everyone and continue to the show and contribute to understanding of a broader context of this in cds were shy instigated upon ukraine is being a prolonged conflict which didn't start on february 24 in the middle of the night it's been an assault for hundreds of years during terrorists, russia and then during the brutal, tyrannical communist regime. with the cram wing as a head of the state who attempted to merge the nations together

of those 15 soviet republics who are absolutely different, authentic cultures with their historical path. what we've gone through as a nation is a brutal bargain which ukrainians dropped after, proclaiming its independence. but everyone has to understand that russians always try to crouch upon our cultural identity and this military conflict. it's monstrosity and atrocity which you contemplate with horror right now. edits or engine on the issues of cultural identity. so russia, wages war and multiple levels, armed aggression,

information war and cultural war and put is intends to break ukraine as a nation is on the call on a global clear. so ukraine survived. lingual side. ukrainian language was banned multiple times and i'm myself as the victim of the language side. i was born in the soviet russia when ukraine was the republic of the soviet union. and it was forbidden to peak our mother tom. they would put people at shane who expressed themselves in ukraine. luckily, my parents were wise enough to educate you both at home and speak to me ukrainian publicly regardless of the fact that it was not popular, it was mostly illegal. and

still, there may be in my heart that i may not be ashamed of being. you're crazy. and we were the only family in the military town where i grew in clarity who spoke ukrainian. and i remember when teachers in the primary cooler addressing my mom and dad, when they heard them talk to me in ukrainian telling me why do you incorrect fully a child, linguistically. while my parents had a very great argument to counteract the cold, say the 2nd atlanta? yeah, i want to bring in below in victoria here bolo, if it part of this war is about art, then does that mean that artists are now kind of a part of the struggle or soldier? and as you're thinking about this, i want to bring in your specific experience experience. can we go to my screen guys?

i want to show the story. this is off of art. net and it shows you guys making these what i would call practical sculptures maybe. and by the way, these photos in this article which are lovely or by victoria but what they're making here, the sculptures well let you tell us what are the sculpture solo and then and the end it then goes on. busy that ended bank obstacles, but this that we're seeing all those against the on the recourse. busy like them and to block the record will leave them to reach your goal when they try to comment literally are fighting back. no, no. i would always take a minute to get back to the idea of identity or maybe

come back to your question. if you ok please i believe. busy i agree that what you said is right, it is an identity war and it's. busy for you to identify your training and culture and the main purpose of the war is also to to say that the reason why you're going in college are there is no you create. the reason for him is one of the reasons that we came to your grades on the 20th because we actually meet in the door and we live in building since 6 in the health nurse. and we are working on teaching berlin cohort. and the reason we came here was the exhibition open in teams

and it. ready was supposed to open on the 20. busy 4th of the february invasion, russia $73.00, but we actually decided to come here to show. busy the show against fear we against this idea of culture being silenced by this aggression and now and now we were going to live and i was helping the artist doing those things you showed like our looks like both of them to go i want to let me go think about it is that those are built by august the built by engineers by cooks all professions.

and yeah, it's supposed to really be to where i wanna bring you into this. tell me if that's not our but you, you can picture that in a museum right. also picture it stopping a tank on a regular should. i could like what make a tank trip art or what makes our a tank truck? but what would be the difference? oh, it's looks like this is sarah. maybe if you can, seconds is direction. but yeah, you can, you can, if you mean it's are because like really the firms legs are building like we're the hard to leg that have different colors and this whole looks like ours. but so my question is something that it's not, but it's, you know, it's yours, but they have you. it does have not just huge now, but yes, usa eternally here. all i want to bring in, this is a quote from

a museum director there in the country, listen to us by him. but as we have to pass all these connections, everything, the generations, from generation to generation. and that's something eternal, as well as human life has to be eternal. thus one person should take care of another person and not kill. at the same time, we are defending our land, we are defending our culture, and protecting eternity is probably worth sacrificing your life. shavers through you, desirable, bizarre shame. did you catch that, eugene? he said, pretend eternity is worth risking your life. yes, actually was really wanted to pill is served on sometimes people diminishing the rule of the culture. and in my opinion, the culture is a very precious assault on one sides. us people usually justify it, but also it's

a very dangerous with them. and what we face here is so in this voice that russia utilizes so it's oh, roach, it's own imperialistic and postcolonial approach. i do appropriate the green young culture and do v lived into its imperial texture. and basically what your grain is doing now is that really the found its rights for you'd say, the entity in the right to coal, it's long to separate culture miss so long traditions. you know that the crazy thing, the sad irony here is that ukrainians, or even protecting russian art, an artist from russian forces here, listen, listen to this. i thought i are like 25000 items in our collection car key fine

art museums collection is one of the biggest in ukraine. one of the most valuable we have do ours. the original dutch graphic through pen. so muranski pol enough, it is simply irony of faith that we should be saving russian artists paintings by russian artists from their own nation. this is simply barbara's idea where a now aaron pipes and says this is off you tube. what kind of consequences to russia face to the heritage heritage site being destroyed in ukraine of how should russia, hey, in one way or another, what it, what are you thank well, i mean i was asking arena that, but eugene, if you wanna go with out as well, but people want you to want to know like, should russia pay for this? been some weiss sure? sure. russia is a war criminal, an absolute aggressor and the world's biggest terrorists,

and whatever they committed as a war crime and they should carry consequences because every crime couldn't committed always. it was left without any punishment. it just went like a water ducks tale. but besides those sanctions, economical sanctions, there also should be a consequence of depriving russia of being a part of unesco and a part of those frozen assets should be invested into a restoration of ukrainian art and culture. and they're threatening to quit. now they've gotta pay for it. you're technically legally correct that this actually is a war crime. and as in it's mentioned in several sets of international law. so include those from the hague. you know, there was a harrowing story about a week ago that was in the l a times and was not a museum that was set a fire. and it had all these paintings from calm down. i wanna definitely show

these paintings. um, someone help me with promise jenko maria, very much, very much. hank i was her paintings and she died. what? 1997. so these, these can't be replicated and they are stunningly beautiful heritage. let me show this one on my screen here. if you would, and the real sad irony is the name of this particular painting is may that nuclear war be cursed. and it just breaks my heart to think it was a nuclear war. but conventional that might have set that ablaze in a museum. you know, there's a really, in that article now tom does about this guy, local guy kept again and bringing out paintings and it, it's no to risk one's life for that kind of preserving eternity. something to pass down generation to generation. are you, are you familiar with per permit jenko? can you give us a little bit about who she is? horace, in the art history of ukraine. maria,

pre mechanical, is genuinely a miracle of ukrainian folk are diseases, self taught artist. she never went to any art school as a woman which epitomizes the strength of ukrainian woman. it's create a her creativity is so flamboyant and you can see it. and every piece of art she depicted her home was very modest. and she would often have visitors from all over the world because she was already so famous that she was so i'm not bragging about it, as she was admired by pablo picasso. who would linger the exhibitions of maria from a chan co, marcia gall would take those phantasmagoria coal creatures. she depicted and believe it and to his motive in his art,

she made every brush of her cat's fur and her motives a very cause. nicole and the fantasy, very flamboyant, which incarnates the flamboyance of ukrainian culture. you can see in her art, our cultural identification code. eugene jump in here and i, i see free to call. i see. should go talk, talk to me about this this through. it says it's a choose a legend across she, i mean there's a money agreement because she, she's a sole. ready and the way of the green young art, but that's the only only one bar does the full art a week. will it bring it to you as well, but, and we'd love you to look and this is part of the cold and the but the we also have

to consider that. oh yeah we, we just sold this in small, i inclusion. and that we have to keep and safeguard, rushing out from ross and conquerors. but we also have to keep in mind that, oh, your brain had an extensive on story or for collecting art seems, likes st. 19th century and there were collections in your green and museums when it was steal. i a rustling fire which well then asked the woman and we have brought to russia, museums such as so russian was, he was on because we're going to close to gallery. so part of you, you bring an collection sophie, graham collectors who were like a benefactor so far in the age of 19th and 20th century just were looted and kept, ah, in russian museums. and also in, for example, the, another bright example is that the russian pavilion own denise of. ready being

young in germany was built money of which were aware, ah, given by you green and collector o fired. and basically because nothing to do with the russian empire because person buyer that by and didn't have a human capacity word as a way of thinking to invest in art. right. and then you know, it's not just our, it's also these incredible unesco heritage. cultural sites like the cathedral of st . sophia that we don't know what, what putin's gonna gonna do here, we have a bit of video about this one following versus invasion of ukrainian cleaning to jill harris. age is currently increased, but also directly under attack varying intentionally. we already have proof of those accidental damages, but also very get a very plans and these you to the facts. and i think it is very important to

understand this point that put in to deny the existence of ukraine as a state. and molly denies the existence of the prophet ukrainian culture entered your heritage. it's really impossible to know what prunes full impact on ukrainian cultural heritage will be. what we do now is since his annexation of crimea, in 20141000000 objects of archaeological importance, have already been sent back to moscow. now, these objects in some way relate to russian history or imperialism. during this full scale invasion, putin is likely to do the same thing and move objects that in some way relate to russian history culture or their imperial legacy. back to the quote unquote, motherland was a guys, the bad news here is we've only got about a minute left in the show. what i want to ask you g. it is this kind of a kind of genocide when you go after the history and the culture like this.

well, this is bull's, this is elsa, also cultural guinness. i viewed, it's not only against if you money to you with a russian so doing off with it. also like really a do destroy the culture which is a ground over the nation. ground little further humanity, let complete disaster i just called people in the world to recognize it. yeah, and the thing is it's intentional and it's definitely not a new tactic. i mean, it makes me think of george orwell who said, you know, who controls the past controls the future and who controls the present controls of past. and it seems like right now put and trying to control both ukraine's past so he can control it's future. that's it for today. i want to thank all my guess for joining us in this this discussion and we'll see you next time on the stream. ah,

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