How Ukraine's Museums Memorialize a War That's Not Over

On the menu today: Brace yourselves, today's update from Kyiv will get heavy, and tomorrow's is not likely to be any lighter. Exhibits about the ongoing war in the National Museum of the History of Ukraine and the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War offer vivid examples of how Ukrainians see themselves and this war at this moment. Yet another air-raid siren comes and goes with no discernible danger, and the city's iconic Ukrainian Motherland Monument makes a highly symbolic, and probably long overdue, change.

Even Ukraine's Museums Play a Role in Defying the Russians

Kyiv, Ukraine — Thursday was Ukrainian Independence Day, and quite a few Kyiv residents dressed in traditional clothing and draped the omnipresent national flag around their shoulders. The country's national anthem is entitled, "Ukraine's glory and freedom have not yet perished," a message which feels particularly fitting for the moment.

I started my day at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine ... READ MORE