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Ukrinform: Zelensky signed decree on measures to protect Ukrainian national landmarks. “President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on nationwide measures to protect Ukrainian national shrines. According to Ukrinform, he announced this during an event marking the 975th anniversary of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.”

The State Scientific And Technical Library Of Ukraine, and machine-translated from Ukrainian: MES opens interactive dashboard “Specialized publications of Ukraine”. “As part of the work of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine to develop an open and transparent system of scientific professional publications, an interactive dashboard ‘Professional Publications of Ukraine’ was created. […]

Kyiv music festival offers wartime respite for Ukrainians

Thousands gathered in Kyiv for the Vyriy festival celebrating Ukrainian folk culture and music, with soldiers, veterans and a combat medic who travelled from the front lines calling it a vital escape from the pressures of wartime. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #Ukraine #Kyiv #VyriyFestival #UkraineCulture #UkrainianMusic #UkraineWar #UkraineNews #BreakingNews #WorldNews #EasternEurope #FolkMusic #UkraineStrong…

https://fllics.com/en/video/kyiv-music-festival-offers-wartime-respite-for-ukrainians/

Intent: The Cossack crosses at Odessa’s oldest cemetery will be digitized and displayed on a map. “An international project has been launched in Odesa to study and digitally preserve the Kuyalnik Cossack Cemetery, which is considered the oldest in the city. As part of the project, an open online platform and an interactive map will be created, and a digital album featuring stone Cossack […]

Union of Orthodox Journalists: AR model to recreate UOC monastery and hetmans’ burial vault in Sumy region. “An augmented reality model will recreate the UOC’s Hamaliivka Monastery, while Orthodox churches in Hlukhiv, Poloshky, Voronezh, and other communities will also be digitized.”

Pragmatika: An online archive of protest posters has been created in Ukraine: the gallery already has over 1100 “pictures”. “A Ukrainian developer has launched an online platform ‘Voices from the Square. Cardboards’, which collects protest posters from peaceful rallies in Ukraine and abroad. Currently in digital archive already over 1100 images.”

MOCT: In cities across Ukraine, an exhibition featuring the sounds of the occupied Askania-Nova will be shown. “The biosphere reserve ‘Askania-Nova’ is preparing an exhibition dedicated to the sounds of the Ukrainian steppes, including the Askania steppe….The exhibitions are planned to be held in August in Kyiv and Kherson, and later the audio archive will be published on the reserve’s […]

Rubryka: Digital library with Ukrainian literature and historical materials opens in Britain. “The Digital Library of the Nottingham branch of the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain has launched in the United Kingdom, providing online access to Ukrainian literary, historical, and cultural heritage.”

University of Exeter: Website showcases new wave of Ukrainian wartime poetry . “Lines of Resistance is a cultural initiative between the UK and Ukraine to translate, publish, and research Ukrainian wartime poetry, bringing it to English-speaking audiences worldwide. The website features numerous video recordings of poet-soldiers reciting their work – even while on active duty.”

Ukrainian Fund of Digitized Art: UFDA Grows Its Digital Archive with Artworks by Alina Zamanova. “Ukrainian Fund of Digitized Art welcomes a new artist to its roster — Alina Zamanova! We are happy to announce that we have digitized 13 of her works, which are now preserved in the highest possible quality.”

New Video: BREAKING: 1000-year-old Kyiv Cathedral Burns after Huge Russian Attack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0xcJ20tGV0 #BreakingNews #UkraineWar #Geopolitics #StopRussia #Genocide #UkraineCulture

Mezha: Porohy launches open archive in Prague to preserve three decades of Ukrainian discourse. “In Prague, Porohy.cz launched a media portal with an open online archive of the Ukrainian cultural-political magazine ‘Porohy,’ which has been published in the Czech Republic since 1993.”

AFP: Czech ‘arks’ help preserve Ukraine’s cultural heritage. “The National Museum in Prague on Tuesday unveiled a van containing a 3D scanning device that will soon travel to war-ravaged Ukraine to help preserve its cultural artifacts.”

Mezha: Ukraine Approves New Museum Item Evacuation Procedure During Martial Law. “The government approved the procedure for evacuating museum items during martial law, proposed by the Ministry of Culture. This was announced on February 18 by Minister Tetiana Berezhna. According to the Ministry of Culture, the document was developed based on an analysis of evacuation practices over the past […]

Odessa Journal: The board of directors of the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Foundation has appointed its leadership and defined areas of work. “The Board of Directors of the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Foundation (UCHF) held its first meeting, during which it appointed its leadership and outlined future areas of work, the Ministry of Culture reported.”

Radio Free Europe: Archaeologists Launch ‘Virtual Museum’ To Ukraine’s Ancient Heritage. “An online museum launched on February 18 aims to make Ukraine’s heritage accessible to the public, while many of the featured treasures remain impossible to view in person. The virtual exhibition, titled Our Land, Our Story: Crossroads of History, will display 25 3-D scans of historic objects, many of […]

Mezha: Ukraine’s Online Archive Reaches Over 20 Million Digitized Documents. “In the state online system, more than 20 million digitized documents have already been collected, available for online search. The head of the State Archives Service, Anatoliy Khromov, named this figure during a conversation with an information agency; the information is also mentioned in other materials.”

Ukrainian Fund of Digitized Art: UFDA and Borshchiv Regional Municipal Museum of Local History Partner to Preserve Ukrainian Art . “UFDA is proud to announce its partnership with the Borshchiv Regional Municipal Museum of Local History to digitize a significant portion of the museum’s collection. For years, the museum has been a dedicated custodian of Ternopil Oblast’s and Ukraine’s rich […]

Intent Press: Operational Command “South” opened a virtual museum. “The virtual museum is dedicated to the units that are now part of the operational command ‘South’. Currently, the museum has five virtual halls dedicated to the 17th, 19th and 20th Army Corps, the 30th Marine Corps and the Odesa Operational and Tactical Group.”

South Side Weekly: Pilsen Murals and Ukrainian Mosaics Teach Us About Artistic Survival. “During the 1960s and ’70s, Chicano muralists and Ukrainian mosaicists were turning public space into colossal works of art. Through symbols, motifs, and colors drawn from folklore, artists used large-scale images as identity statements during a time when their cultural heritage faced suppression. Fifty […]

Mezha: Russian Forces Steal 23,000 Artifacts from Kherson Regional Museum. “According to the museum, during the city’s occupation by Russian troops, about 23,000 museum items were stolen from the Kherson Regional Museum…. The occupiers tore tablets from the displays, even stealing models of ancient settlements. Late Paleolithic and Neolithic artifacts, unique artifacts of the Early Metal […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/06/mezha-russian-forces-steal-23000-artifacts-from-kherson-regional-museum/

Rubryka: Solutions from Ukraine: Krushelnytska Museum digitizes 500 exhibits, unveils innovative digital platform for Ukrainian museums. “The Solomiia Krushelnytska Music and Memorial Museum in Lviv, at 23 S. Krushelnytska Street, has unveiled an innovative digital platform for Ukrainian museums, with the first 500 items from its collection now available for public viewing and study.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/23/solutions-from-ukraine-krushelnytska-museum-digitizes-500-exhibits-unveils-innovative-digital-platform-for-ukrainian-museums-rubryka/

Ukrinform: Nearly 1,600 cultural heritage sites destroyed or damaged in Ukraine since war started. “As of September 25, 2025, as many as 1,599 cultural heritage sites and 2,415 cultural infrastructure facilities in Ukraine have been destroyed or damaged as a result of Russia’s full-scale aggression. That is according to the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine, Ukrinform […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/06/ukrinform-nearly-1600-cultural-heritage-sites-destroyed-or-damaged-in-ukraine-since-war-started/

Odessa Journal: Works of artist Leonid Inglezi digitized in Mykolaiv following return from France. “The project team behind “Digital Museum Collection” has digitized 22 paintings by Ukrainian artist and philanthropist Leonid Inglezi (1882–1972), a prominent figure in Mykolaiv’s cultural life and founder of two local museums.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/20/odessa-journal-works-of-artist-leonid-inglezi-digitized-in-mykolaiv-following-return-from-france/

Babel: The Ukrainian Book Institute has opened an online database of translations of Ukrainian literature into other languages. “The Ukrainian Book Institute (UBI) has launched an online database of translations of Ukrainian literature into other languages. … A list of over 800 books translated from Ukrainian is now available for viewing.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/01/babel-the-ukrainian-book-institute-has-opened-an-online-database-of-translations-of-ukrainian-literature-into-other-languages/

Odessa Journal: In Mykolaiv, 300 exhibits from the collections of two museums will be digitized. “The digital collection will include items from the funds of the Mykolaiv Regional Art Museum named after Vereshchagin and the Mykolaiv Regional Museum of Local History. According to the MY ART Platform, the collection features 20th-century paintings by famous Ukrainian artists such as Oleksandr […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/23/odessa-journal-in-mykolaiv-300-exhibits-from-the-collections-of-two-museums-will-be-digitized/

Odessa Journal: Odesa Opera House begins digitization with support from Ukrainian Cultural Foundation. “A large-scale project has begun in Odessa with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation — ‘HERITAGE. Digital. Odesa Opera House’ — aimed at digitizing the Odesa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, the first opera house built in Ukraine.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/04/odessa-journal-odesa-opera-house-begins-digitization-with-support-from-ukrainian-cultural-foundation/

Pragmatika: “Wooden Lace of Chernihiv” launched an updated website: more functions, convenient search and hundreds of houses online. “After seven years of collecting feedback and improvements, the ‘Wooden Lace of Chernihiv’ project team has presented an updated website – with a modern design and expanded functionality for researchers, owners of historic homes, travelers, and everyone […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/07/wooden-lace-of-chernihiv-launched-an-updated-website-more-functions-convenient-search-and-hundreds-of-houses-online-pragmatika/

The Baltic Times: Online Museum of Traditional Art of Ukraine – KROVETS has resumed its work at krovets.ua. “The platform KROVETS offers users unique access to over 3,800 digitized exhibits of Ukrainian traditional art. These relate to numerous samples of clothing, ceramics, embroidery and other household items that reflect the richness of Ukrainian culture. The online museum provides an […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/20/the-baltic-times-online-museum-of-traditional-art-of-ukraine-krovets-has-resumed-its-work-at-krovets-ua/

Dev.ua: The Honchar Museum digitized 100 ancient embroidered shirts from different regions of Ukraine. “The National Center of Folk Culture «Ivan Honchar Museum» has updated its website and added a hundred digitized ancient embroidered shirts from Zhytomyr, Volyn, Poltava, Cherkasy, and other regions.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/29/dev-ua-the-honchar-museum-digitized-100-ancient-embroidered-shirts-from-different-regions-of-ukraine/