Russian occupation authorities in Yevpatoriia, Crimea demolished the unique mosaic panel "Hutsul Dance" from the façade of the former guesthouse Rodnichok to make way for multi-storey housing construction.

Russian "authorities" in the city of Yevpatoriia (Kezlev), Crimea, demolished the mosaic panel Hutsul Dance on the façade of the former guesthouse Rodnichok. The work of artists Yurii Bielkin and Heorhii Bondar was destroyed because the guesthouse's territory is being "cleared" for building of multi-storey housing.

Crimeans attempted to contact the occupation authorities in order to maintain the mosaic; specifically, they tried to contact Sergei Aksyonov, the self-proclaimed "prime minister" of the Russian occupation authorities in Crimea.

Activists located mosaic artists prepared to disassemble the panel and agree on a storage location before installing it elsewhere, but the appeals did not have any bearing on the panel's fate.

In February 2024, activists began to raise concerns about damage to the mosaic.

The fake Russian clone of the guesthouse is registered under the name of Dmitry Zhulanov from Novosibirsk with Igor Pitukhin from Murmansk Oblast as its head.

Ukrainian forces conducted a short-range MGM-140 ATACMS strike against targets in occupied Crimea on the night of April 29 to 30