NEWSFLASH: For Russia, even a monastery is a target
Overnight, Russia launched dozens of missiles and drones, destroying a historic film studio and a Ukrainian logistics hub in Kyiv.
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KYIV, Ukraine — On June 15, an overnight Russian attack on Kyiv caused the Dormition Cathedral, part of the historic Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery complex, to catch fire. The Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Film Studio, where some of the best known Ukrainian films were created and which now houses a massive film archive as part of a cultural center, also suffered significant damage from the attack.
In total, Russia launched 70 missiles and 611 drones at Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Dnipro. In Kharkiv, Russia launched a double strike, which killed four emergency responders attending to a residential building that had been attacked.
After the paywall:
What is the overall aftermath of the attack;
Why the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra is so important to Russia;
How Russian strikes erase Ukrainian culture;
What happened at the heart of Ukrainian logistics.
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