Patriot Missile Hits UNESCO Site In Kyiv Days Before G7

Last night, Kyiv came under a large-scale combined attack. However, while repelling of this attack, an incident occurred that drew particular attention. Fire engulfed the roof of the Dormition Cathedral at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra — an 11th-century monastery, one of the first in Kyivan Rus', and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Coincidence or not, this happened just ahead of the G7 summit. Journalists, rescue workers, photographers, and clergy arrived at the scene almost immediately. Western leaders were quick to react. French President Emmanuel Macron accused Russia of striking the holy site. The head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, stated: "We are again witnessing intensified attacks on civilians, as well as on sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List, so all of this constitutes war crimes committed by Russia."

However, the Russian Ministry of Defence presented a different version of events. According to the ministry's summary, the building complex of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra was hit by a missile from the American Patriot surface-to-air missile system, launched by Ukrainian air defence forces. The ministry added that one of the reasons for the system's malfunction could be that the West had supplied the Kyiv regime with missiles that had expired shelf lives.

The Russian Ministry of Defence emphasized that Russian forces do not plan or carry out strikes on civilian infrastructure. The targets of the overnight "retribution" strike were listed as objects of the Ukrainian defence-industrial complex: the "Mayak" and "Radar" plants in Kyiv, a drone production workshop on the territory of the Dovzhenko Film Studio, the Dnipro Electromechanical Equipment Plant, as well as military airfields in Vasylkiv, Uman, Cherkasy, and Krasna Slobidka.

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