Russian strikes kill 11 and set historic cathedral in Kyiv ablaze

A Ukrainian drone attack in the Russian city of Tula, south of Moscow, killed three people.

As Russia Strikes Ukraine, a Cultural Symbol Catches Fire

The latest casualty in the war is a centuries-old cathedral. President Volodymyr Zelensky called it “one of the largest Russian crimes against Christian culture.”

By Zane Irwin

In Kyiv, a strike damages the Dormition Cathedral at the heart of the historic Kyiv Pechersk Lavra

Ukrainian officials accuse Russia of deliberately targeting cultural landmarks symbolizing Ukrainian identity, as heavy strikes hit the country from Sunday night into Monday.

Drone strikes one of Ukraine's key Christian and cultural sites

Russian strikes have left cultural scars across Ukraine, damaging Kharkiv's Art Museum and striking Kyiv's historic Pechersk Lavra monastery, reminding how war reaches even sacred and storied places.

By Hanna Palamarenko

Zelenskyy visits historic Kyiv cathedral after deadly Russian strike

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited a landmark Kyiv cathedral damaged by Russian missile and drone strikes.

Russia hits village in Kharkiv Oblast with missile: seven injured, including two children

Russian forces launched a missile strike on the village of Dobrenka in the Berestyn district, Kharkiv Oblast, on the evening of 15 June, injuring seven people, including two girls aged 7 and 10.

By Anastasia Protz

Thousand-year-old Kyiv monastery badly damaged by Russian strikes

By Pavel Polityuk and Anna Voitenko

Zelensky offers Putin talks after Russian strike damages UNESCO monastery

Zelensky, speaking at the damaged monastery in Kyiv, said he had offered to meet Putin at the G7 summit in France this week or in the United States.

Russian Drone Hits Zoo In Ukraine's Kharkiv, Kills Animals

A Russian drone struck enclosures at the zoo in Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv on Monday, killing rabbits and inflicting stress on other animals, prosecutors said.

Historic Ukrainian monastery damaged, 10 people killed in Russian attacks

A 1,000-year-old monastery regarded as one of Ukraine’s most important spiritual and cultural landmarks was badly damaged on Monday during a large-scale Russian attack that killed 10 people across the country, hours after Donald Trump held separate talks with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine about ending the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on […]

A century of cinema. A morning of missiles. What Russia destroyed at Kyiv’s Dovzhenko Film Studio.

In the early hours of June 15, Russia attacked Kyiv again. Nearly every district of the city was hit — and the roof of the Assumption Cathedral caught fire at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, one of the most important Orthodox religious sites in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A fire also broke out at the National Dovzhenko Film Studio, destroying Ukraine’s oldest collection of costumes. At Meduza’s request, film producer Alexander Rodnyansky wrote about the studio’s significance in the h...

Following attack on Kyiv Lavra, All-Ukrainian Council of Churches urges stronger sanctions against Russia

Following the Russian attack on the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations called on the governments of democratic countries to intensify sanctions against Russia, its politicians, businesspeople, journalists, and religious figures who are complicit in crimes against humanity in Ukraine.