🔥 Destruction

Russian shelling destroyed a Kharkiv printing house Factor-Druk on May 23, 2024.

May 23, 2024 Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast

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Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Ukrinform

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Entities

Factor-Druk (location) Russian military (organization) Factor Druk (location) Vivat Printing House (location) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) 82nd Air Assault Brigade (military_unit) Russia (organization) Kharkiv (location) Russian forces (organization) S-300 (weapon_system) Faktor Druk and Vivat Printing House (organization) Vasyl Stus (person) Faktor-Druk (organization)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Burnt books from the Kharkiv printing house Factor-Druk, destroyed by Russian shelling on May 23, were exhibited at the 'Books damaged by Russia' stand during the 12th International Book Arsenal Festival in Kyiv on May 30, 2024.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russian missiles hit the Factor Druk and Vivat Printing House in Kharkiv, with Factor Druk alone responsible for almost a third of all Ukrainian books before it was destroyed.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

The attack killed seven people and wounded nearly two dozen.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The Russian attack on the Faktor-Druk printing house in the city of Kharkiv on 23 May destroyed over 50,000 books.

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