Russia vaporizes 250,000 books in strike on Knygolove publisher
Because nothing screams 'military objective' quite like a warehouse full of children's fairy tales and translated fiction. Thankfully, no humans were hurt, but the cultural damage is heartbreaking.
During an overnight missile strike on the Kyiv region, a massive fire engulfed warehouses in the Bucha district. Among them was the storage facility of Knygolove, one of Ukraine's beloved publishing houses.
Almost a quarter of a million books burned to ashes in an instant. That is years of collective work by authors, translators, editors, and designers gone. The occupiers apparently decided that Ukrainian literature poses a critical threat to their empire.
The publisher warned about temporary delivery delays, but the team is already looking for ways to recover and reprint.
Targeting books just proves they aren't trying to conquer territory; they are trying to erase the very memory of the people who read them.
Source: Facebook
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