Russian drones hit sites linked to Ukrainian nationalists
The Hindu
The second ravaged a nearby museum devoted to Roman Shukhevych. Both men were key figures in nationalist resistance to Soviet rule and were associated with the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) which fought Soviet forces in World War Two.
Russian drones attacked a university and a museum linked to two of the most prominent 20th century defenders of Ukrainian national identity on Monday, leaving locals vowing to repair the damage.
The first smashed windows and much of the roof at the National Agrarian University, outside the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, where Stepan Bandera - a hero in Ukraine but a villain according to the Kremlin - studied.
It hit on what would have been Bandera's 115th birthday.
The second ravaged a nearby museum devoted to Roman Shukhevych.
Both men were key figures in nationalist resistance to Soviet rule and were associated with the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) which fought Soviet forces in World War Two.
"This is the building in which Stepan Bandera attended classes. There's a memorial plaque dedicated to Bandera, and the statue too," 82-year-old Sofia Zdorovyk said as people cleared up the rubble around her.
"Everything that's been going on in our country, for so many years, do they (Russia) feel better because of it? Don't they have enough land? Natural resources? What is it that they need?"
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