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Over 10 million Ukrainian books Russia destroyed in a single summer. In Kharkiv alone, a Russian strike on the publishing house destroyed 8 million books, including more than 620,000 school textbooks. In the latest attack in the Kyiv region, warehouses storing books from numerous Ukrainian publishers were hit, with more than 60,000 books destroyed. Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, Russia has carried out at least 21 attacks on Ukraine's book industry. This summer alone, more than 30 Ukrainian publishers lost books, raw materials or works in progress. For centuries, Russia tried to suppress the Ukrainian word through bans, decrees, and censorship. Today, it uses missiles and drones to burn books and destroy the infrastructure that allows Ukrainian literature, language, and knowledge to reach readers. But Ukrainian books will continue to be printed, read, and passed from one generation to another. Russia will not erase Ukrainian culture.