Cultural heritage has few friends in times of war.  In many ways the full-scale invasion of Ukraine is focused on memory politics, with the broader aim of erasing Ukrainian culture, history and heritage. Working as part of a collaborative international team of archaeologists and filmmakers, during three visits from 2023–2025, Ian Kuijt and others traveled through central and north-eastern Ukraine filming and documenting the targeted destruction of cultural heritage. This presentation provides a first-hand account of travels around Kyiv, Lukashivka, Viazivka and Chernihiv, illustrates the destruction on the ground, and discusses the importance of understanding and assessing the destruction of Ukrainian cultural heritage, both material and immaterial. Kuijt argues that cultural heritage management during the on-going war in Ukraine presents three major challenges: protecting the known, securing the displayed, and identifying newly revealed cultural heritage. 

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Targeting Beauty: Memory Politics, Archaeology, and the targeting of Ukrainian Culture Heritage

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