Within the east of Ukraine, the wood church of a well-known monastery was hit – Muricas News

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said right this moment that the goal of the Russian bombing within the east of the nation was a wood church inside the well-known Orthodox monastery advanced.

“Russian artillery struck the Holy Dormition Lavra once more right this moment,” within the Donetsk space, Zelenski wrote on the Telegram, the place he posted a video of the burning All Saints’ Hermitage.

Zelenski reminded that the monastery had already been hit by Russian bombing this week, and that 4 monks had been killed and 4 had been critically injured.

In response to him, there are about 300 civilians within the laurel, together with 60 kids sheltered from the bombing.

“The hermitage was destroyed for the primary time in Soviet instances. It was rebuilt later. And now it was set on fireplace by the Russian military,” mentioned Zelensky, who referred to as on the United Nations Instructional, Cultural and Scientific Group (UNESCO) to exclude Russia from its membership.

The monastery is taken into account one of many three holiest locations in Ukraine for Orthodox believers. Earlier than the warfare, the monastery was visited by 1000's of believers through the 12 months.