Books on the ground after an airstrike: the blow to Ukrainian publishing

Scattered books and debris on a street after an airstrike in Ukraine, a man walks past a damaged bookshop

On a destroyed street amid smoke and rubble, books and pages are strewn across the asphalt after an airstrike. A bearded man in a scarf walks past a bookshop with a Ukrainian-language sign. The scene vividly shows how the fighting destroys print runs and hits the publishing industry.

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