cultural heritage sites

Starting on February 24, 2022, Russia launched a brutal war against the people of Ukraine, and this war has been ongoing for more than three and a half years. Over the course of this war, 1,046 cultural heritage sites have been destroyed or damaged. Among them, 128 are of national importance, 848 are of local importance, and 70 are newly discovered . The country's infrastructure has been destroyed, and there is practically no city or village that has not been subjected to missile, artillery, or drone attacks in one way or another.

The article reveals the main approaches to the solution of pre-gate drawbridges of defensive structures of the period of the 16th - 19th centuries; explains the mechanisms of their functioning; demonstrates examples of their implementation, which are recorded in historical sources and preserved monuments; analyzes the state of preservation and the possibilities of obtaining information about the existence of drawbridges at the entrance junctions of defensive structures in the western regions of Ukraine.