Stolen heritage: Russia looted over 100 artifacts from Crimea
Illustrative photo: The intelligence published a list of artifacts Russia stole in occupied Crimea (Getty Images)
Russia has taken more than 100 cultural properties from the occupied Crimea. Ukraine's Defense Intelligence has released evidence of archaeological looting.
The DIU has released data on 110 cultural properties that Russians illegally exported from occupied Crimea during archaeological excavations from 2014 to 2025.
The information is posted in the Stolen Heritage section of the War&Sanctions portal.
The intelligence reports that the items were found during excavations at such sites as the Artesian Settlement, the Genoese Fortress of Cembalo, and the southern suburbs of Tauric Chersonesos.
Also published are data on valuables from the territory of the Kadykivske settlement (Roman camp), where the occupation administration plans to build a shopping center.
The list also includes exhibits that the Russians took out of the National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos under the guise of a temporary exhibition at the Museum of History of Yekaterinburg.
The section is also supplemented with information about the sites of illegal excavations, the facts of theft of cultural objects, and illegal actions of the Russian occupation authorities.
