Wars may not take summer holidays, but they do sometimes see exhaustion. As drones race back and forth(来回地，往返地) across Ukraine and the strait of Hormuz, a grim stalemate(僵局) seems to have invaded the earth beneath. Aerial bombardment knows limited resistance and even less victory or defeat. Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Iran and their allies seem able to defy(违抗，蔑视) diplomacy and drop bombs on each other for ever.
战争或许不休暑假，但有时也会感到疲惫。当无人机在乌克兰和霍尔木兹海峡上空来回穿梭时，一种严峻的僵局似乎已侵入大地之下。空袭几乎遇不到什么抵抗，更谈不上胜负。乌克兰、俄罗斯、以色列、伊朗及其盟友似乎能够无视外交，永远互相投掷炸弹。
At which point the outside world can merely count some of the costs. Vladimir Putin’s known desire to eliminate Ukraine’s historical identity has led to its cultural devastation. Two weeks ago Unesco reported the destruction or dereliction(废弃，荒废) of 545 of its historic buildings, including 156 religious sites and 43 museums. The attempted eradication of what Putin himself claims to be an intrinsic part of Russia’s own history is sickening.(试图根除普京自称是俄罗斯自身历史固有部分的东西，令人作呕。)
此时，外部世界只能清点部分损失。众所周知，弗拉基米尔·普京渴望消除乌克兰的历史认同，这已导致其文化遭到破坏。两周前，联合国教科文组织报告称，乌克兰有545座历史建筑被毁或废弃，其中包括156处宗教场所和43座博物馆。普京本人声称这些是俄罗斯自身历史的内在组成部分，而试图将其根除的做法令人作呕。
Russia’s bombing of Kyiv’s Pechersk Lavra complex and the Dormition cathedral, coupled with(加上，连同) shattering(粉碎，破坏) the magnificent St Sophia cathedral, are comparable(可比较的，类似的) to Ukraine bombing the Kremlin. So, too, is the attack on a cathedral and a museum in Odesa, and the destruction of a theatre in Mariupol. These are defining monuments of Ukraine’s past. Yet their dereliction has received little publicity in the west.
俄罗斯对基辅佩切尔斯克修道院建筑群和圣母安息大教堂的轰炸，加上对宏伟的圣索菲亚大教堂的破坏，堪比乌克兰轰炸克里姆林宫。对敖德萨一座大教堂和一座博物馆的袭击，以及马里乌波尔一座剧院的毁坏，也同样如此。这些是定义乌克兰过去的标志性建筑。然而，它们的废弃在西方却鲜有报道。