“The ministry said in the city of Kharkiv, Russian forces shelled the Assumption Cathedral; parts of the Kharkiv National University of Arts; and dormitories of the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture. People had used the cathedral to seek refuge from the violence, the ministry said.
In Ivankov, near Kyiv, the museum of “world-famous artist Maria Pryimachenko, whose works were admired by Pablo Picasso” was also shelled. The Kyiv State Academy of Decorative Arts and Design has also been damaged by the “occupiers.””