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Russia's war is erasing Kostiantynivka's Soviet-era mosaics — this is why it matters

Russia's war is erasing Kostiantynivka's Soviet-era mosaics — this is why it matters

The mosaics covering the facades of factories, cultural centers, and apartment blocks across eastern Ukraine were designed with a specific kind of permanence in mind. They survived the Soviet collapse, the chaos of the 1990s, and decades of post-industrial neglect.

What these mosaics couldn't survive was Russian artillery.

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