The war against Ukraine is a culture war. Incredible documentation of the destruction of churches, schools and museums, from the New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/19/arts/design/ukraine-cultural-heritage-war-impacts.html

Calculating the Toll of Russia’s War on Ukrainian Culture

Russia’s invasion has systematically destroyed Ukrainian cultural sites. A Times investigation has identified 339 that sustained substantial damage this year.

@anneapplebaum The war in Ukraine is literally being framed as a genocide by Russia.
@benhuser Weil sie 20 % der Weltproduktion ausmachen, und weil es der Ukraine auch nicht hilft, wenn jede Regierung im Westen in Tumulten unter geht. Realität ist, die Ukraine nutzt selbst noch russisches Gas. Das was wirklich hilft, ist weg von fossilen Energieträgern zu kommen.
@anneapplebaum Quite a reality check in seeing these seemingly endless depictions of deliberate acts of cultural genocide. My continued admiration for the people of Ukraine & equal frustration in no apparent means to end it all. #ukraine #genocide #putin #un

@anneapplebaum The stated war aim is to erase Ukraine. Stated, not secret. Broadcast on national television. Not even a tacit objective.

How can anybody in the world not support Ukraine in this struggle?

@stiffelman @anneapplebaum And yet you see way to many idiots in the west who jumpted on the russian narative like Nato expansion and Donbas Seperatists and all that bullshit.
@Albert_Hubble @anneapplebaum They may or may not be “useful idiots”, but they are without doubt idiots. And the peculiar idiocy is both specific and baffling.
@anneapplebaum - thank you for continuing to highlight this important issue. Also, I read Red Famine. It was amazing!
@anneapplebaum Behind a paywall unfortunately (Oh, NYTimes, will you ever become a vehicle of change again?..), but still it's good that this article exists.