Russians want to remove cultural treasures from Sevastopol under pretext of evacuation
The occupying authorities of Crimea plan to remove cultural treasures from Sevastopol’s museums and take them to the Russian Federation under the pretext of "evacuating the population".
Source: Radio Liberty, citing the website of the so-called "Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in Sevastopol"
Details: The website of the so-called "Ministry of Emergency Situations" reminded rescue workers that one of their tasks is to evacuate cultural treasures as well as the population.
Quote: "The third and most important task of civil defence is the evacuation of the population and material and cultural valuables to safe areas," the website says.
According to representatives of the Occupiers' Ministry of Emergency Situations, the task consists of "planning, preparing and carrying out the evacuation, preparing safe areas for the population, and creating and organising the activities of evacuation authorities".
Background:
- On 22 September, it was reported that there had been a missile attack on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol. The Russian Ministry of Defence even acknowledged the death of one soldier, although later the occupiers' defence ministry reported that he was "missing".
- Foreign media outlets said that Ukraine used Storm Shadow missiles to attack the Black Sea Fleet headquarters.
- Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, said that at least 9 people, including Russian generals, had been killed and 16 wounded in the Ukrainian attack on the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol.
- A successful operation by the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine resulted in a missile strike on the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the temporarily occupied city of Sevastopol on 22 September.
- The Russians reported explosions in Sevastopol but claimed these were caused by the air defence systems’ response and missile pieces had fallen from the skies.
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