Ukrainian scientific communities need more resources.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 2022 has included the wholesale destruction, damage and looting of Ukraine’s cultural heritage, including a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This intentional destruction is a loss not only for Ukraine but also for humankind. Ukrainian scientific communities need more resources to address these challenges. In response, Red Arch Cultural Heritage Law and Policy Research partnered with Lviv Polytechnic National University to initiate a program of preventive conservation to fund the digital scanning of eleven historic wooden churches in eastern Ukraine, some of which are very close to the war zone. The success of those initial efforts has led our team to expand on this initiative in 2024, and to launch separate initiatives that will strengthen conservation education and conservation science in Ukraine.