Solution to win: Poland ready to safekeep Ukraine’s cultural artifacts during war

Poland is ready to accept cultural artifacts for safekeeping from Ukraine during the war.

Polish Deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage Jarosław Sellin said this on Polish Radio.

What is the problem?

Jarosław Sellin notes that currently, Ukrainians prefer to move cultural values to safer places within the country.

"However, it is known that there are not so many of these safer places in Ukraine since the russian bombings affect the entire territory of Ukraine," the deputy minister emphasized.

Oleksandr Tkachenko, Ukraine's Minister of Culture and Information Policy, stated that more than 1,200 objects of cultural infrastructure were damaged or destroyed in Ukraine as a result of russian aggression.

What is the solution?

"We have prepared warehouses in libraries and museum archives that are ready to receive mobile collections if the Ukrainians decide to take them out," Sellin said.

How does it work?

He reported that the paintings of the artist Jacek Malczewski were taken from the Lviv Art Gallery to Poland for safekeeping. Today, they are on display in the halls of the National Museum in Poznan.

According to Sellin, since the beginning of russia's full-scale aggression began, Poland has been actively helping Ukraine to preserve objects of cultural heritage, particularly by supplying materials to protect monuments, building facades, churches, museums, etc., from explosions and fires.

"We are also helping Ukrainians to make an inventory of destroyed cultural objects. Many sacred objects have been destroyed. We will help Ukrainians rebuild these objects when the war ends," the deputy minister emphasized.