UNESCO sends assessors to protected historic site in Ukraine hit by strikes

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Following Russian strikes in Odesa, Ukraine, UNESCO sent its experts there to assess the damage to 20 buildings in the city’s Historic Centre.

UNESCO listed Odesa’s historic buildings as part of its World Heritage sites as of last year. Missile strikes on Thursday and Friday damaged historical, religious, and educational buildings there, and firefighters were still working Sunday to put out fires.

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