Immovable Monuments News Today

Head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance (UINP) Anton Drobovych believes there is no need to dismantle the Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People, formerly the Arch of Friendship of Peoples, if the city and community decide to truly rethink its meaning.

A cultural monument of national significance, Derzhprom (the State Industry Building), was damaged during Russian missile attacks on Kharkiv's Shevchenkivskyi district on 2 January. Source: Suspilne Kharkiv, a branch of Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne, citing Mykola Chekhunov, Director of Derzhprom Details: Chekhunov explained that regular and stained-glass windows were smashed in the building, but the walls were not damaged.

This year, as the mounting tragedy in Ukraine unfolds, Jews cannot help but look to this loss of life and oppression at Passover.