UN experts said Wednesday that "deliberate" Russian destruction of Ukraine's culture could amount to an attempt to erase Ukrainians' right to their own identity, a year after the Russian invasion.
People take pictures at the fountain of the City Garden in the Ukrainian city of Odessa on October 12, 2022. Oleksandr Gimanov/ AFP
They said the denigration of the history and identity of Ukrainian people was being used as a justification for war and hatred. The statement was written by UN special rapporteurs on cultural rights, on the right to education and on freedom of religion.
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