{
  "id": 8911059,
  "title": "Book Genocide: How Russia Has Waged War on Ukrainian Books for Centuries",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/book-genocide-how-russia-has-waged-war-on-ukrainian-books-for",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-21T11:35:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Post",
    "slug": "kyiv-post",
    "url": "https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/85014"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Russia’s campaign against Ukrainian books has a long history – from bans on publishing to modern attacks on the country’s publishing infrastructure. In the summer of 2026 alone, at least 9.65 million books were destroyed. For Ukraine, this is not only an economic loss but a threat to its cultural ecosystem.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}