Ukrainian combat medic who saved 17,000 artefacts in Chernihiv receives prestigious award posthumously

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Combat medic Maryna "Mary" Hrytsenko has posthumously received one of the grand prix awards at the Europa Nostra Awards, a prestigious cultural heritage prize.

Source: Europa Nostra Awards website; 1st Assault Battalion of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade

Details: The jury recognised Maryna Hrytsenko's professional dedication in protecting the collection of the Halahan Art Museum during the siege of Chernihiv.

"Five Grand Prix this year – and one of them belongs to a Ukrainian woman who defended both cultural heritage and her country with weapons in hand. We are proud," the 1st Assault Battalion of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, where Maryna served, said.