After Russian missiles damaged this Kyiv landmark, urgent work is needed to protect the exposed interior and enable the building to function once more.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, concerns quickly grew that debris from missile strikes might damage Lviv's historic buildings, including the distinctive sixteenth-century Black House.
As the war in Ukraine takes its toll on cultural heritage, WMF is working with a local network of experts to register losses and document the scale of destruction.
Once the capital of the Bosporan Kingdom, the largest political state in the region of the ancient Black Sea, the ruins of the city of Panticapaeum contain evidence of settlement dating back to 2600 BC.
Listed on UNESCO's World Heritage List, the Church of Our Savior was built within a monastery complex in Berestove Village, the one-time seat of Kyiv's royal family.
Chersonesos, on the Crimean Peninsula on the Black Sea, was founded by Greek settlers in the fifth century BC and was occupied during the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine eras.