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Russia destroyed a third of books printed in Ukraine this year
Original: > Russia has destroyed “one third of all the books printed in Ukraine this year.” https:// lithub.com/russia-has-destroy
Reports say Russia's attacks have destroyed roughly one third of all books printed in Ukraine this year, with Ukrainian publishers and printing facilities hit by strikes. Readers and commentators are calling it a deliberate attack on Ukrainian culture and identity, echoing arguments that targeting cultural production amounts to erasure of a people, not just collateral damage in the war.
Why now: The scale of destruction of Ukrainian cultural materials strikes a chord amid ongoing debate over Russia's targeting of cultural heritage.
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