-Ukraine’s minister for culture said Friday he had resigned after a “misunderstanding” about the mobilisation of funds for cultural projects as Kyiv battles a Russian invasion.
“I brought my resignation note to the Prime Minister tonight, due to a wave of misunderstanding about the importance of wartime culture,” Oleksandr Tkachenko wrote in a Facebook post.
“During the war both private and budget funds for culture are no less important than for drones, because culture is the shield of our identity and our borders.”
The announcement came hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked the country’s prime minister to consider replacing Tkachenko. — AFP
