{"id":178,"date":"2025-10-03T13:16:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T11:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/?p=178"},"modified":"2025-10-16T14:57:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:57:58","slug":"yarema-malashchuk-roman-khimei-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/en\/yarema-malashchuk-roman-khimei-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Yarema Malashchuk &amp; Roman Khimei"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Yarema Malashchuk &amp; Roman Khimei<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Explosions Near the Museum\u2019, 2023, video with sound, 13\u203238\u2033<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the beginning of March 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost control over Kherson, and russian troops occupied almost the entire oblast. The Kherson Museum of Local Lore housed the largest and oldest collection of artefacts from southern Ukraine\u2014over 173,000 items spanning seven thousand years of history, from Scythian gold to World War II weaponry. Two weeks before the Ukrainians liberated Kherson, russian occupying forces carried out a strategic theft, depriving the museum and the region of centuries of Ukrainian history. While retreating from Kherson, the russian occupiers removed about 23,000 exhibits from the museum. The short film \u2018Explosions Near the Museum\u2019 shows the severe damage suffered by the museum and the sound of shelling and missile strikes recorded during filming inside the museum on December 12, shy of two kilometres from russian-occupied territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0002_Warstwa-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0002_Warstwa-1-1-1024x763.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0002_Warstwa-1-1-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0002_Warstwa-1-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0002_Warstwa-1-1-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0002_Warstwa-1-1-1536x1145.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0002_Warstwa-1-1-2048x1527.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roman Khimei &amp; Yarema Malashchuk, \u2018Explosions Near the Museum\u2019, 2023, video with sound, 13\u203238\u2033<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0001_Warstwa-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0001_Warstwa-2-1-1024x763.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0001_Warstwa-2-1-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0001_Warstwa-2-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0001_Warstwa-2-1-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0001_Warstwa-2-1-1536x1145.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0001_Warstwa-2-1-2048x1527.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roman Khimei &amp; Yarema Malashchuk, \u2018Explosions Near the Museum\u2019, 2023, video with sound, 13\u203238\u2033<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0000_Warstwa-3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0000_Warstwa-3-1-1024x763.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0000_Warstwa-3-1-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0000_Warstwa-3-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0000_Warstwa-3-1-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0000_Warstwa-3-1-1536x1145.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/labirynt.com\/voicesfromukraine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Explosions_near_the_museum_0000_Warstwa-3-1-2048x1527.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roman Khimei &amp; Yarema Malashchuk, \u2018Explosions Near the Museum\u2019, 2023, video with sound, 13\u203238\u2033<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yarema Malashchuk &amp; Roman Khimei \u2018Explosions Near the Museum\u2019, 2023, video with sound, 13\u203238\u2033 At the beginning of March 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost control over Kherson, and russian troops occupied almost the entire oblast. 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