Peace? Didn’t Russia just bomb a church in Ukriane yesterday? How peaceful.

знову шахеди бігаю з ноутом між коридором і своєю кімнатою, де працюю

1980 - you climbed mount everest? you must be a pioneer. 2026 - you climbed mount everest? you must be an asshole!

In the context of the escalation of the war in Ukraine following the invasion by the Russian Federation, @UNESCO condemns the reported strike on 15 June that hit the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, within the World Heritage property “Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra”, one of Ukraine’s most significant spiritual and cultural landmarks. The strike reportedly caused significant damage to the exterior and interior of the Dormition Cathedral. Adjacent historic structures, including elements of the Lavra’s fortification complex and Ivan Kushnik Tower, were also reportedly impacted. #UNESCO condemns attacks against cultural property, educational institutions, students, education personnel and media professionals protected under international law. Damage to such institutions deprives communities of access to culture, education, and shared spaces that are essential for recovery and social cohesion. UNESCO stands ready to support relevant authorities in assessing damage to cultural and educational institutions and identifying urgent measures within its mandate. unesco.org/en/articles/unesc…

Massiver Luftangriff auf Kiew – historisches Kloster brennt, Polen lässt Kampfjets aufsteigen to.welt.de/FxHaSsB

Cette vue est l’une des plus célèbres de la capitale ukrainienne : la laure des grottes de Kyiv, ensemble monastique classé à l’UNESCO. La Russie vient à nouveau de le bombarder ; le toit de la cathédrale de la Dormition est en feu. Le crime contre la civilisation continue.

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Zelensky at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra after Russia struck it yesterday. The debris of a Russian Geran-2 drone was found on the roof. The monastery was built in 1051 and is the most important site of Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine.

Das Höhlenkloster in Kyjiw zählt zum Unesco-Weltkulturerbe. Nach russischen Angriffen steht dessen Hauptkirche in Flammen. Durch Angriffe wurden zwei Menschen getötet. trib.al/88XpXcm

RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKE SETS HISTORIC KYIV CATHEDRAL ABLAZE, KILLING AT LEAST 4 AND WOUNDING 23 A barrage of ballistic missiles and drones hit Ukraine's capital overnight, damaging the Assumption Cathedral at the UNESCO-listed Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery complex, setting its roof on fire. The assault killed at least four people and wounded 23 others in the capital, including a child and a pregnant woman. christiannewsline.com/articl…

I can’t judge the military side of it, but last night’s Russian strikes on Kyiv damaged not only buildings in and around the Kyiv Pechersk #Lavra, Ukraine’s most important Orthodox monastery, but also the Dovzhenko Film Studio and the Arsenal complex — two other sites deeply woven into Kyiv’s historical and cultural identity. The choice of targets may not be entirely coincidental. Just days ago, a Ukrainian strike reportedly damaged the Panorama Museum of the Defence of Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea, home to Franz Roubaud’s famous panoramic painting depicting the defence of the city during the Crimean War. Created for the fiftieth anniversary of the siege of Sevastopol and opened in 1905, Roubaud’s panorama became one of the principal shrines of Russian military memory. For Sevastopol, the museum is more than a cultural institution. It is one of the city’s key lieux de mémoire — a civic shrine tied to its identity as a fortress and military port. For Putin’s generation and virtually everyone raised in the Soviet Union, visiting the panorama was a standard part of patriotic education. The building occupied an almost sacred place in the Soviet historical imagination. Whether or not today’s strikes were intended as a response, they hit sites that play a similar role in Kyiv’s identity to the one the panorama museum plays in Sevastopol’s. More broadly, we may be seeing a gradual expansion of target selection: beyond military facilities, infrastructure, industrial sites and residential buildings, and increasingly toward symbolic, historical and cultural landmarks. Given how much Putin’s worldview — and the propaganda system built around it — operates in the realm of symbols, memory and historical narratives, it is conceivable that cultural targets are being chosen not only for military reasons but also for their psychological and symbolic impact. Striking places that embody a nation’s identity can be a way of trying to undermine morale and weaken a society’s sense of itself.