# Zelensky orders government to prepare law protecting Ukraine's cultural monuments

https://mins.news/en/item/23128

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-15 17:34 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-orders-government-to-prepare-law-protecting-ukraines-cultural-monuments/

> President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree directing Ukraine’s Cabinet to draft legislation protecting national shrines and heritage sites by Aug. 24. The order came on the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra’s 975th anniversary, after the monastery was heavily damaged in a Russian missile strike in June. The bill would define national shrines, add safeguards against Russian aggression, seek more UNESCO listings and attract international funding.

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