Father of Choice
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Breaking: @PENamerica & @PenUkraine released a report about the ugly & pointed attack by Russia on Ukrainian culture in this war. Museums/schools bombed; a conductor & poet murdered; language restricted; creativity snuffed out. https://pen.org/report/ukrainian-culture-under-attack/ https://twitter.com/PENamerica/status/1598669619253895169
Tetyana Teren, director @PenUkraine:This report demonstrates the magnitude of Ukrainian cultural losses since 24 February 2022 and confirms that, in many cases, cultural objects have been the direct aim of Russian attacks
@PENamerica CEO, authors Dave Eggers, @petergodwin @BarbaraDemick meeting with Ukraine Minister of Culture @otkachenkoua to discuss findings of new report on cultural destruction in war against Ukraine