WorldRussia's 160-year war on Ukrainian books

The article places Russia’s destruction of Ukrainian books, publishers and cultural heritage during the war in a longer history of suppressing Ukrainian language and culture under the Russian Empire and Soviet rule. Russian strikes in August reportedly destroyed more than 12 million books and 10% of Ukraine’s school textbooks, while Ukrainian printers continue to resist.

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TThe Kyiv Independent★★★★☆2026-09-08 18:07Original