Missile fragments fall on Museum in Kyiv

 

      One of the downed rocket fragments (Pravda UA) 

The Pyrohovo Open-Air Museum is located in the south of Kyiv, on the south edge of the sprawling Holosiivskyi National Natural Park that features forest steppe landscapes, trails, ponds, playgrounds and eateries. The ' National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine' museum (Akademika Tronʹka street) lies 11km from the city centre, not far from the city ring road. It features traditional Ukrainian buildings, including houses, windmills and a stave church, from all across the country, in a peaceful rural setting of woods and fields. Unfortunately even this area of the city is affected by the Russian invasion ( Missile fragments fall on Pyrohovo Open-Air Museum in Kyiv New Voice of Ukraine January 14, 2023). In a renewed heavy attack on the capital of Ukraine in the morning of Jan 14, Russia fired a number of missiles at the city in two groups. In the secnd attempt, fragments of a Russian missile interceptedabove Kyiv by Ukrainian air defences fell on the area of the Open-Air Museum, Ukraine's Minister of Culture and Information Policy, Oleksandr Tkachenko, reported on Telegram on Jan 14. The nature and extent of any damage caused were not reported, photos shwed several large pieces of missile lying in open areas between the buildings.