Historic monastery left in flames as Ukraine faces major Russian attacks
๐ฐ France24 ยท ๐ Jun 15, 2026, 09:30 AM ยท ๐ france24.com
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Historic monastery left in flames as Ukraine faces major Russian attacks
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Four people were killed while the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery, a symbol of Ukrainian spiritual and cultural history, caught fire, in the heaviest Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital in two weeks, authorities said on Monday.
Four people were killed while the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery, a symbol of Ukrainian spiritual and cultural history, caught fire, in the heaviest Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital in two weeks, authorities said on Monday.