Museum in Lviv completely burned down due to Shahed drone attack
The Russians have completely destroyed the museum dedicated to UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army) Corporal General Roman Shukhevych in Lviv on the birthday of Stepan Bandera. [1 January] [The UPA was a Ukrainian nationalist paramilitary and partisan formation, active between 14 October 1942 and 14 April 1960 and fighting to liberate the country from occupying powers and set up an independent government. Stepan Bandera was a Ukrainian far-right leader of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (Banderites) - ed.]
Source: Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi on Telegram
Quote: "The Russians have completely destroyed the museum dedicated to UPA Colonel-General Roman Shukhevych in the settlement of Bilohorshcha on the birthday of Stepan Bandera."
Details: Later, Sadovyi added that the Russians also targeted another facility of national memory in Lviv in the night: the university in Dubliany, where Stepan Bandera studied 100 years ago.
Quote: "Symbolic and cynical. It’s a war for our history."
Background: A fire broke out in the Roman Shukhevych Memorial Museum on the morning of 1 January in the settlement of Bilohorshcha, on the outskirts of Lviv, due to the falling of Shahed drone debris.
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