A Russian drone strike on November 14 damaged the studios of Nahirna22, a collective of young artists based at the Kyiv Institute of Automation, for the second time in three months. The attack, which killed six people in Kyiv, shattered wooden windows and left studios covered in glass and rubble, though plastic windows installed after a previous strike in August survived. Co-founder Marta Nyrkova expressed uncertainty about whether the building can be repaired, while the collective plans a fundraising event and a sale of works in Berlin.
This repeated targeting underscores the Kremlin's broader pattern of destroying or stealing Ukrainian cultural heritage, as noted by actor Edward Akrout of the nonprofit Art Shield. The attacks threaten to silence a new generation of Ukrainian artists, according to gallerist Anna Maydanik, who argues that Kyiv remains a vital center for avant-garde art. The incident highlights the ongoing risk to cultural spaces in war zones and the resilience of artists determined to continue their work despite direct threats.