Occupants announce archaeological works in occupied Crimea

Vadim Maiko, who heads the occupation 'Institute of Archeology of Crimea', announced plans to conduct illegal excavations in all areas of the peninsula.

This became known to the editorial office of the Voice of Crimea.

In a commentary to the propaganda resource Krym-24, Maiko confirmed his intention to conduct total excavations in all areas of Crimea - from the Kerch Peninsula to the Southern coast and steppe zones. According to the invaders' plans, at least twelve large expeditions will work on the development of territories that Maiko calls insufficiently studied.

In fact, there are very specific criminal intentions behind these activities , which the Crimean Center experts classify as an attempt to legitimize the annexation by searching for pseudo-historical evidence, systematic looting with the export of artifacts to the Hermitage, and the destruction of cultural layers during hasty military construction.

After 2014, Vadym Maiko, a native of Kyiv and a former Ukrainian scientist, became a key organizer of illegal work at UNESCO World Heritage sites, including Tauric Chersonese.

He is currently under a full package of personal sanctions imposed by the National Security and Defense Council, including asset freezes and deprivation of state awards, which have been extended until 2035. While Maiko reports on the Kremlin's state tasks, the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol continues to record every fact of theft of national property, forming an evidence base for punishing all those involved in the destruction of Ukrainian history on the peninsula.

Also, in the occupied Sevastopol, the invaders plan to build a concrete plant directly on the site of an archaeological site - an ancient settlement of Tauri.

We are talking about a site in the Inkerman Valley near the Sugar Head Mountain, where a concrete plant and a warehouse complex are planned to be built on the site of an ancient Taurian settlement . This territory has a unique historical value, as the Taurus settlement No. 6 dates from the eighth century BC to the fourth century AD and has been officially protected by law since 1975, and after Ukraine regained its independence it was confirmed as a national cultural heritage site.

Катерина Глушко