Ukraine museum scrambles to save art in city of Kharkiv
published : 11 Mar 2022 at 04:00
As Russian forces pound the city with artillery and airstrikes, staff at the main museum in Kharkiv raced to get priceless artworks to safety, many of them by Russian artists.
The ornate, imposing building is still standing, unlike some others in Kharkiv, but the windows have been blown in by the blasts, plaster and dust cover the floors and the surrounding streets are covered in debris.
“There are over 25,000…
