The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra was hit by a Russian "Geran-2" drone manufactured in Alabuga.
‼️ Ukraine’s National Commission for UNESCO condemned Russian strikes on several cultural institutions in Ukraine, including the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. The
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The Commission emphasized that the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a cultural landmark under enhanced protection in accordance with the 1954 Hague Convention and its Second Protocol.
The Commission also highlighted the cultural institutions damaged in the Russian attack:
🔹 Mystetskyi Arsenal National Culture of Arts and Museum Complex,
🔹 National Palace of Arts "Ukraine",
🔹 Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television named after Ivan Karpenko-Karyi,
🔹 House of Organ and Chamber Music in Dnipro,
🔹 Kharkiv Art Museum,
🔹 National Film Studio named after Oleksandr Dovzhenko.
"We call on the international community to stop tolerating these crimes, to increase political, economic, and legal pressure on the aggressor state, and to take decisive measures to end Russian aggression as soon as possible," the statement reads.
Furthermore, the Commission appealed to the leadership of the UNESCO Secretariat, demanding a "harsh and clear reaction" on their part, as well as the utilization of the tools available to the UNESCO Executive Board, the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, and the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.
Ukraine has called on UNESCO experts to visit the damaged institutions, document the aftermath of the Russian strikes, and provide an impartial assessment.
📹: PM Svyrydenko showed the aftermath of the Russian attack on the Cathedral
Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv and All Ukraine: One more Russian crime against humanity, against history, against Christianity.
"As a result of the Russian shelling that is taking place now, on the night of June 15, the roof of one of the holiest places in the Christian world is burning - the Assumption Cathedral of the Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv.
We ask for prayer to save the shrine from destruction.
One more Russian crime against humanity, against history, against Christianity.
What else must the Kremlin's antichrist do so that the world realizes that it is necessary to act decisively so that the Russian terror against Ukraine and the very principles of peace stops?
Holy Virgin Mary, stop the Herod!"