Local collaborators helped to plunder the museum. B.C. The valuable monument was stolen. The capture of the museum was announced on April 28 by the Zaporizhia Regional Military Administration.
Collaborators pointed out to the Russians the place where Scythian gold is stored, which was discovered by archaeologists in the 1950s, ”the Zaporizhzhya OVA reported.
The local newspaper Melitopol.City reported that back in February, the city administration and museum staff hid a collection of Scythian gold. All the time since the beginning of the occupation, the Russians have been purposefully searching for the collection. According to the publication, pro-Russian audiences showed a video of a Russian-appointed museum director, Yevgeny Gorlachev, who says that his associates spent a lot of energy and energy on it. The location of the collection was given by collaborators.
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It will be recalled that the occupiers stole more than 2,000 unique exhibits from museums in Mariupol.
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