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Ukraine’s historic Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery set on fire following major Russian attack

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By Victoria Butenko, Rhea Mogul, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — A prominent Ukrainian monastery complex in the heart of Kyiv was set on fire following a massive Russian attack overnight into Monday that killed at least four people and wounded more than a dozen in the capital, according to local authorities.

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  1. KTVZ Bend

    Ukraine’s historic Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery set on fire following major Russian attack (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Victoria Butenko, Rhea Mogul, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — A prominent Ukrainian monastery complex in the heart of Kyiv was set on fire following a massive Russian attack overnight into Monday that killed at least four people and wounded more than a dozen in the capital, according to local authorities.

  2. CNN

    Historic Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery on fire following major Russian attack (opens CNN)

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    A prominent Ukrainian monastery complex in the heart of Kyiv is on fire following a massive Russian attack overnight into Monday that wounded more than a dozen people in the capital, according to local authorities.

  3. New York Post

    Russian attack sets fire to centuries-old religious site in Kyiv and kills 5 in Kharkiv (opens New York Post)

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    A large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine killed five rescuers in Kharkiv and wounded at least 20 people in the capital Kyiv on Monday as strikes set apartment buildings ablaze and sparked a fire at one of the country’s most significant religious landmarks.

  4. The Guardian

    Kyiv monastery set on fire in night of Russian attacks across Ukraine (opens The Guardian)

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    Dormition Cathedral of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, one of Ukraine’s most significant religious sites, and residential buildings hit across capital

  5. NPR

    Russian attack sets fire to religious site in Kyiv, kills 5 in Kharkiv (opens NPR)

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    A large-scale Russian attack killed 5 rescuers in Kharkiv, wounded 20 in the capital Kyiv, set apartment buildings ablaze and sparked a fire at one of Ukraine's most significant religious landmarks.

  6. The Guardian

    Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv decries ‘Russia’s Orthodox values’ as historic Pechersk Lavra monastery burns (opens The Guardian)

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    Massive attack on Kyiv comes at height of Russian attacks across country; Ukraine strikes Russian explosives and oil sites. What we know on day 1,573

  7. NBC News

    Deadly Russian attacks fuel blaze at centuries-old monastery in Kyiv (opens NBC News)

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    Deadly Russian strikes across Ukraine overnight sparked an intense blaze at a 1,000-year-old monastery in Kyiv, one of the country’s most important religious and cultural landmarks

  8. Christian Today

    Kyiv’s Dormition Cathedral badly damaged in major Russian strikes on Ukrainian capital (opens Christian Today)

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    Kyiv’s historic Dormition Cathedral, part of the UNESCO-listed Pechersk Lavra monastery complex, caught fire overnight after a wave of Russian missile and drone strikes on the Ukrainian capital.

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