The United Nation's cultural agency UNESCO has announced that it is keeping track of the damage done to Ukraine's cultural heritage sites since Russia's war with the use of satellite imagery, APA reports citing AFP.
UNESCO plans on releasing a database for experts to compare "before and after" photos sourced from private satellites to evaluate the level of destruction on Ukrainian cultural sites.
"It's important for us to document the damage, but also to make sure we have the information available before the recovery," UNESCO's emergency department head Krista Pikkat said.
The agency has already verified damage to more than 200 sites, including 88 religious sites, 15 museums, 76 buildings of historical and/or artistic interest, 18 monuments, and 10 libraries.
These were located mostly in the eastern regions of Ukraine — namely Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Luhansk — as well as the capital Kyiv.
None of Ukraine's seven "World Heritage Sites" have been damaged, according to the platform.
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