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Russia's strikes target Ukraine's booming book industry
Original: Incinerated novels and destroyed warehouses: Russia’s war on Ukrainian books By Charlotte Higgins in Kharkiv, Kremenchuk
Russian attacks have destroyed book warehouses and stock in cities including Kharkiv and Kremenchuk, hitting a Ukrainian publishing sector that has boomed since the 2022 invasion. Charlotte Higgins reports for the Guardian from Kyiv, Lviv and other cities on how publishers are losing inventories and infrastructure, with photographs by Julia Kochetova documenting the damage to a growing cultural industry now under direct military threat.
Why now: Reports of deliberate or repeated Russian strikes on publishing infrastructure have drawn attention to cultural destruction alongside the wider war.
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- Incinerated novels and destroyed warehouses: Russia’s war on Ukrainian books By Charlotte Higgins in Kharkiv, Kremenchuk, Kyiv and Lviv. Photographs by Julia Kochetova A Ukrainian publishing boom sparked by the 2022 invasion is now under threat from the force and frequency of… · guardianfeeds@rssfeed.media · 1
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