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A total of 25 architectural monuments in the historic centre of Odesa, which is under UNESCO protection, were damaged by Russian occupation forces on the night of 22-23 July.

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[-] MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago
[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, UNESCO is a convention that countries voluntarily sign up to, and the onus on protecting heritage sites generally falls to the host country. Obviously, when an invading country attacks sites like this, there's little UNESCO, or anyone else, can do. Destruction of cultural sites, that have no military value, is terrorism, and, arguably, part of a broader goal of genocide.

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