Unesco world heritage site in Ukraine struck by Russia

“The explosion was massive and blew open one of our windows,” a priest, who volunteers as an army chaplain and declined to give his name, told Guardian reporter Peter Beaumont in Kyiv. Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/user/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1 Beaumont was on the scene after Russia struck Kyiv’s Dormition Cathedral, a Unesco world heritage site and one of Ukraine’s most significant religious and cultural buildings. ⁠ ⁠ “Everything was shaking,” the priest said, adding, “For the Russians nothing is sacred, there is no sanctuary. They will claim there was a military object here because they have no values.”⁠ ⁠ The cathedral, which is part of the Pechersk Lavra monastery complex, was not the only cultural site that was damaged overnight. Kyiv’s national film studio, Oleksandr Dovzhenko, which houses Ukraine’s largest and oldest costume collection, was also hit, as was the Art Arsenal museum.⁠ ⁠ At least five people were killed in Kyiv, and at least five more died in Kharkhiv in what appeared to be a double-tap strike targeting emergency responders.⁠ ⁠ #ukraine #ukrainewar #kyiv #russia