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Sevastopol panorama from a drone's perspective Time to read: 14 minutes(s) Sevastopol panorama from a drone's perspective A reconstruction of the artist Franz Roubaud's life story, illustrated by his works. Author: Sergey Tashevsky Firefighters extinguish a fire at the Sevastopol Defense Panorama Museum, damaged by a Ukrainian drone attack. Sevastopol, Crimea, June 10, 2026. Photo: Mikhail Razvozhaev / Reuters The drone that didn't know the intricacies As is well known, early in the morning of June 10, 2026, a Ukrainian drone struck the "Defense of Sevastopol 1854-1855" Panorama Museum and destroyed the artwork. It did its best. It burned the museum's interior. Fortunately, there were no casualties. Then the firefighters arrived and completed the destruction by flooding the 360-degree panorama with straight streams of water. This, of course, is nothing to celebrate. If only because Crimea clearly has far more suitable military targets, and the "Sevastopol Panorama" was originally the work of a French (later, admittedly, German) artist, not a Russian one. And a native of Odessa, at that. But the drone was clearly unaware of all these subtleties. Whether the strike was intentional o…

Defence of Sevastopol panorama museum catches fire during drone attack ... The Defence of Sevastopol museum. Photo: Krym Realii A fire broke out in temporarily occupied Sevastopol early on the morning of 10 June when an air-raid warning was in effect. The building housing the Defence of Sevastopol panorama, covering 30,000 sq m, is reported to have been severely damaged by fire. Source: Krym.Realii (Crimea.Realities), a Radio Liberty project covering life on the occupied peninsula; Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlet TASS ; Krymskiy Veter (Crimean Wind) , a Crimean local Telegram channel Details: Initially, Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Russian-appointed head of the city, said the roof of the Defence of Sevastopol 1854-1855 panorama building was on fire. Advertisement: A few hours later, he said the fire had been classified as a fourth-level incident. He blamed the Ukrainian authorities for the blaze. "The situation is really difficult: it is already clear that the Franz Roubaud Panorama has been virtually destroyed… Barbarians and inhumane people deliberately struck what is dear to us, trying to destroy our essence. Only complete degenerates could do such a thing – deliberately strike…

Sevastopol museum masterpiece destroyed in Ukrainian drone strike ... - RT An iconic Russian panorama painting more than a century old has been“almost completely destroyed”in a Ukrainian drone strike on a museum in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, local governor Mikhail Razvozhaev has said. In a Telegram post on Wednesday, Razvozhaev said ‘The Defense of Sevastopol (1854–1855)’ by Russian artist Franz Roubaud was severely damaged in a blaze caused by an overnight UAV attack. The panorama, which was 115 meters in length and 14 meters high, depicted the defense of Sevastopol by the Russian army from the British and French invading forces during the Crimean War. Roubaud worked on the massive painting for several years before completing it in 1904. It was moved to Sevastopol the same year and had been on display in the city since then, becoming one of its symbols. More than 80 firefighters and 22 units of specialized equipment were deployed to tackle the blaze at the museum in the Russian city, Razvozhaev said. “Those barbarians… deliberately attacked what is dear to us, trying to destroy our very essence. Only complete degenerates would do such a thing,”he stressed. Ukraine’s Vl…

Historic Sevastopol panorama ‘virtually destroyed’ in Ukrainian drone strike, local officials say <p>Franz Roubaud’s panoramic painting The Siege of Sevastopol has been “virtually destroyed” in a Ukrainian drone strike, said Mikhail Razvozhaev, the Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol.<p>

Historic Sevastopol panorama 'virtually destroyed' in Ukrainian drone ... Franz Roubaud’s panoramic painting The Siege of Sevastopol has been “virtually destroyed” in a Ukrainian drone strike, said Mikhail Razvozhaev, the Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol. The attack came in the early hours of June 10. Razvozhaev reported at around 4 a.m. Moscow time that the museum’s roof was on fire. Hours later, he said the blaze had been declared a level four, with more than 80 people working at the scene. “The situation is extremely dire: it is already clear that Franz Roubaud’s great masterpiece has been almost completely destroyed,” Razvozhaev wrote. He claimed the Ukrainian Armed Forces had deliberately targeted the museum. Ukraine did not comment on the attack. The panorama The Siege of Sevastopol was unveiled in 1905, marking the 50th anniversary of the first defense of the city during the Crimean War. It was created by Franz Roubaud, widely regarded as the founder of Russia’s school of battle and panoramic painting. Roubaud spent four years on the work, choosing as his subject the repulse of the assault on Malakhov Kurgan on June 6 (18), 1855. The building housing the painting wa…

Historic Sevastopol panorama ‘virtually destroyed’ in ... - Meduza Franz Roubaud’s panoramic paintingThe Siege of Sevastopolhas been “virtually destroyed” in a Ukrainian drone strike, Mikhail Razvozhaev, the Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol, said. The attack came in the early hours of June 10. Razvozhaev reported at around 4 a.m. Moscow time that the museum’s roof was on fire. Hours later, he said the blaze had been declared a level four, with more than 80 people working at the scene. “The situation is extremely dire: it is already clear that Franz Roubaud’s great masterpiece has been virtually destroyed,” Razvozhaev wrote. He claimed the Ukrainian Armed Forces had deliberately targeted the museum. Ukraine has not commented on the attack. The museumsaid, however, that fragments of the original Roubaud painting were undamaged. The museum holds 39 fragments of the original canvas in total; at the time of the fire, all of them were stored elsewhere. “What was inside the building was a canvas painted in 1954 by a group of Soviet artists,” the museum said. The panoramaThe Siege of Sevastopolwas unveiled in 1905, marking the 50th anniversary of thefirst defenseof the city …

Restoring the damaged panorama of Sevastopol's defense will take about ... Military Review News Restoring the damaged panorama of Sevastopol's defense will take about five years. 11 2026 June 4 713 39 Experts estimate that restoration of the "Defense of Sevastopol 1854–1855" panorama, damaged by Ukrainian militants, will take approximately five years. As the TASS Citing Mikhail Smorodkin, director of the Sevastopol Defense Museum, it is known that it took Soviet artists approximately three years to recreate Roubaud's painting. However, the Nazi attack on June 25, 1942, did not damage the panorama as severely as the attack by their ideological followers from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Therefore, according to preliminary estimates, restoring the building and painting the painting will take longer. Furthermore, restoration of the panorama will only be possible after the end of hostilities, provided that it is 100% safe. Following a terrorist attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the entire 30-square-meter building housing the Sevastopol Defense Panorama burned. Several fragments of the "Defense of Sevastopol" painting were removed from the Sevastopol panorama building and damaged. F…

FACTBOX: What we know about Ukrainian drone attack on Panorama of Siege of Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said the historical building housing the Panorama of the Siege of Sevastopol was virtually destroyed

Panorama of Sevastopol's Defense: The "Impregnable ... - Ukrinform Occupied Ukrainian Peninsula Is Turning into a Russian Island The latest strike on the former base of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet sparked a full-blown “historic” drama among the occupiers. According to the local occupation governor, Mikhail Razvozhayev, the famous panorama museum Defense of Sevastopol 1854–1855 was virtually destroyed. “The situation is extremely difficult,” he lamented. “It is already clear that Franz Roubaud’s great masterpiece has been practically destroyed.” In reality, Roubaud’s original panorama was lost in a fire during World War II, in 1942. The work later presented as the celebrated “masterpiece” was in fact a Soviet reconstruction—a replica created in the 1950s. Yet while Razvozhayev was painting a picture of cultural apocalypse, museum staff themselves stepped forward to reassure the public that not everything had been destroyed. Clearly, communication remains a challenge. The museum, of course, had no military significance. No one intentionally targeted it. Rather, the occupiers once again appear to have engaged a drone with such enthusiasm that the resulting debris found its way into the …

Kremlin Vows to Restore Sevastopol Panorama Museum After Drone Strike Live 1 week ago Kremlin Vows to Restore Sevastopol Panorama Museum After Drone Strike — But the Original Roubaud Was Never There Moscow vowed to restore the landmark museum — but the museum itself confirmed Roubaud's 39 original fragments were stored offsite and survived undamaged. by Russia Desk June 10, 2026 Firefighters battle a fire at the Panorama museum in Sevastopol, Crimea, on June 10, 2026, after a Ukrainian drone struck the building's roof. [Image Source: Razvozhayev Telegram via AP] Share this Linkedin X Facebook Telegram Pinterest Whatsapp Email MOSCOW — The building was still smouldering when Dmitry Peskov walked to a microphone. The Kremlin’s spokesman had a promise to make. The Defense of Sevastopol Panorama museum, he said Wednesday morning, would be restored after a Ukrainian drone struck it in the pre-dawn hours. It would rise, Peskov added, “more beautiful than before.” The Kremlin was framing the night’s strike as an assault on Russian history itself — proof, Peskov said, of Moscow’s righteousness in what he called its “struggle for the Russian regions.” There was just one complicating fact. …

Panorama of Siege of Sevastopol almost destroyed in Ukrainian drone strike — governor The panorama would be restored, as it was after the Great Patriotic War, Mikhail Razvozhayev vowed

Battle-scene fragments of Sevastopol Panorama survive after Ukrainian attack The best-preserved sections depict the Defensive Tower on Malakhov Kurgan and the fortifications on the right flank of the Senyavin Battery, the Sevastopol Defense Museum reported

Sevastopol museum masterpiece destroyed in Ukrainian drone strike ... Kiev deliberately targeted a museum hosting ‘The Defense of Sevastopol (1854–1855)’ painted panorama, Mikhail Razvozhaev has said An iconic Russian panorama painting more than a century old has been “almost completely destroyed” in a Ukrainian drone strike on a museum in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, local governor Mikhail Razvozhaev has said. In a Telegram post on Wednesday, Razvozhaev said ‘The Defense of Sevastopol (1854–1855)’ by Russian artist Franz Roubaud was severely damaged in a blaze caused by an overnight UAV attack. The panorama, which was 115 meters in length and 14 meters high, depicted the defense of Sevastopol by the Russian army from the British and French invading forces during the Crimean War. Roubaud worked on the massive painting for several years before completing it in 1904. It was moved to Sevastopol the same year and had been on display in the city since then, becoming one of its symbols. A fragment of the ‘The Defense of Sevastopol (1854–1855)’ painted panorama by Franz Roubaud. © Sputnik / Alexander Liskin More than 80 firefighters and 22 units of specialized equipment were deploy…