The occupants are destroying thousand-year-old Scythian tombs in Kherson region by arranging firing positions on them, Kherson Regional Inspection on Protection of Cultural Heritage Objects informed.
The inspectors have conducted a monitoring of cultural heritage objects in the region – from the border with Zaporizhzhia Obl (Druzhbivka village) to the border with Mykolaiv region (Davydiv Brid village).
The objects of military history, apart from the ones located in the active combat zones, have remained intact.
“Archeological monuments (kurgans [Scythian tombs]) located along the roads are actively destroyed by the occupants (by arranging firing positions)," is stated in the report.
The Inspection added that there is a red flag above the Monument in Honour of First Mechanization Experts in Oleshky.