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Russian raids kill 5 rescuers in Kharkiv, hit Kyiv monastery

From ANSA · () Italian

Translated from Italian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Russian air raids struck Kharkiv and Kyiv, killing at least five emergency responders in Kharkiv and injuring 18 in Kyiv.
  • A church within Kyiv's historic Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery complex caught fire during the attack.
  • Thousands in northern Kyiv lost electricity, and religious leaders condemned the attack on the sacred site.

Russian air raids struck multiple Ukrainian cities overnight, including Kharkiv and the capital Kyiv, resulting in casualties and damage to a significant religious site.

Five rescuers from the state emergency services were killed by repeated Russian air raids while fighting fires; at least five others were injured.

— Igor KlymenkoUkraine's Interior Minister, announcing casualties in Kharkiv.

In Kharkiv, at least five state emergency service responders were killed and five others injured while battling fires caused by repeated Russian airstrikes, according to Ukraine's Interior Minister Igor Klymenko. The attacks also caused widespread power outages in the northern part of Kyiv, affecting 140,000 residents.

Kyiv experienced a massive assault, with one of the churches in the renowned Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery complex catching fire. Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported a fire on the roof of the Assumption Cathedral, a key church within the Orthodox Christian site. Timur Tkachenko, head of the local military administration, condemned the strike as a "direct hit" on the monastery.

We ask for prayers to save this sanctuary from destruction.

— Metropolitan Epiphanius of KyivPrimate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, condemning the attack on the monastery.

Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv, primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, denounced the attack as a "crime against humanity, history, and Christianity," appealing for prayers to save the sanctuary. Klitschko also confirmed 18 injuries in the capital, with 11 requiring hospitalization.

a direct hit

— Timur TkachenkoHead of the local military administration, describing the strike on the monastery.
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Originally published by ANSA in Italian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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