Watch: Flames engulf prominent Ukrainian monastery after fresh Russian strikes in Kyiv

A salient monastery successful Ukraine's superior Kyiv and a awesome of the country's spiritual and taste history, caught fire, successful the heaviest Russian aerial onslaught connected the metropolis successful 2 weeks, authorities said connected Monday, urging residents to instrumentality shelter.The Pechersk Lavra monastery, located successful cardinal Kyiv and a UNESCO World Heritage Site founded successful 1051, was “seriously damaged” successful Russia’s attack, Reuters reported, citing a Telegram station by Tymur Tkachenko, the caput of the capital’s subject administration.Four radical were killed and 23 injured, Tkachenko said.Videos circulating online showed towering flames rising implicit the monastery, arsenic residents took structure underground successful the worst Russian onslaught connected Ukraine since aboriginal June, erstwhile drones and missiles killed much than 20 radical and near much than 100 wounded.

According to Ukrainian authorities, Russia’s latest drone and rocket onslaught struck respective high-rise flat buildings and damaged energy lines, leaving immoderate 140,000 residents without power.The caller strikes came aft Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said connected Sunday helium had spoken to US President Donald Trump and discussed efforts to execute an extremity to the much than four-year struggle up of a G7 gathering successful France this week.

Russia, Ukraine intensify attacksMost of Ukraine’s territory was nether aerial raid warnings successful the aboriginal hours of Monday, portion Ukrainian drones were being repelled implicit Russia arsenic some countries continued to speech strikes.Five exigency work rescuers were killed and astatine slightest 5 others injured aft a 2nd Russian onslaught deed Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko posted connected Telegram.Moscow and Kyiv some contradict deliberately targeting civilians.Ukraine has precocious intensified attacks connected Russian concern and vigor facilities arsenic it seeks to deprive Moscow of revenues and hasten an extremity to the war.On Monday, 3 radical were killed and different three, including a one-year-old child, were injured successful a drone onslaught connected the Russian metropolis of Tula, an concern clump southbound of Moscow.The Russia–Ukraine warfare began connected February 24, 2022.