I've been trying to find out what has been happening with the archives in Ukraine, the projects that were digitalizing to preserve records before the war broke out, and so on. There is not much in the news. So what I'm relaying here is mostly what is making the rounds.
First of all, there have been numerous digitalizing projects throughout Ukraine, which is actually the size of Texas. These projects came up within provinces. As horrid as the war is, there are cities that have not been touched, since the focus seems to be around the Black Sea and the eastern border. FamilySearch is involved and some permissions had been given. My understanding is that:
Some archivists have had to flee.
Some archivists are still working to digitalize.
The State Archives of Ukraine may still be operational: ARCHIVES GOV UKRAINE - Anatolii Khromov
However, the site does not seem to have posted updated events since last fall, before the war began. Also, there are some fund raising drives.
One archive was destroyed QIRIM : ARCHIVE DESTROYED In Chernihiv Region
Russian soldiers went in and set it on fire. "In the Chernihiv Region, the occupiers destroyed the SBU archive. There were documents about the repression of the Soviet regime against Ukriainians. This was announced by the head of the State of of Archival Service of Ukraine Anatolii Khromov.
I DO BELIEVE THAT WAR CRIMES ad GENOCIDE ARE BEING COMMITTED.
