Dormition Cathedral at Kyiv Pechersk Lavra set on fire
Russian strikes overnight hit the Dormition (Assumption) Cathedral at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, igniting a blaze that has consumed the cathedral roof and parts of the monastery. The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, founded in 1051 and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, is one of Eastern Orthodoxy’s most sacred complexes, and staff say relics and museum exhibits were evacuated. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko and emergency services reported that residential buildings across the capital were also struck and at least six people were injured as authorities assess the damage. The attack damages a centuries-old, UNESCO-protected site and raises urgent concerns about cultural heritage loss and legal protections for historic monuments.
NOOOOOO! Dormition Cathedral of Kyiv‑Pechersk Lavra — a UNESCO World Heritage site and priceless cultural landmark — has been struck and is burning.
Olga Nesterova426It houses Ukraine’s oldest historical records. Nestor the Chronicler, famous Lavra monk, wrote Primary Chronicle here in the early 12th century, which is the foundational historical text for history of Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia
Olga Nesterova282Here I want to note that during WWII, Nazi Germans didn’t attack the cathedral, but Soviets mined it later lying that these were the Germans.
Olga Nesterova210The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra was founded in 1051 AD during the golden age of Kyivan Rus'. It is historically important because it served as the cradle of East Slavic Orthodoxy, a center for early literacy and chronicle-writing, and a premier medical and cultural hub for Eastern Europe.
Olga Nesterova153This is our heritage. It is burning.
Olga Nesterova92Following the Christianization of Kyivan Rus' in 988 AD, the Lavra quickly grew into the most influential monastery in Eastern Europe, shaping the religious and political landscape of the entire region.
The Ubiquitous J-Man56What a shame. Such a beautiful Cathedral. And apparently not the first time Russia has blown it up. 😡 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormiti...
meta34What a horrible atrocity for the people of Ukraine and for the world.
Angry Gnat in TX31Putin needs to die. By any means necessary.
JP InTheHinderland 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇦🌻29This is the war-monger, Vladimir Putin, destroying a non-military site. You know who supports Putin? Trump, Vance, & the Republican Party!! We stand with Ukraine against the Russian invaders. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸 Soon, the USA will revert to supporting freedom loving people around the world! Voting counts! 🇺🇸🗳️🇺🇸
Beng27This will have no military benefit to Russia and will just make Ukraine more determined to fight harder.
Laurie Jan 🎹20These barbarous fuckers. The day the Ukrainians achieve victory, there must be an immediate effort to hold Russia accountable for the war crimes they have committed.
SimonB5218The Russian mafia terrorist state is a spiteful insecure bitter neighbour and Ukraine deserves to live in peace Slava Ukraine
📎This🤔orThat🙄🖇15Putin is horrible Just so incredibly HORRIBLE
Peter Gleick15I've sung in this cathedral. It's a priceless historical site, more than 1000 years old. Blazhen mush.
ᙃᥲωᥒ ᙅoƒƒᥱყ ☕️12Oh no, this is so sad. 😞 Russia must be stopped.
JGlassy12So tragically sad. Invisible to Americans, but Putin’s war nags on, month after month.
Greg Hill10Ukraine should hit the moscow kremlin now
Von Hitchofen ™⍼☈♅ 🛩👹😬9Russia is a terrorist state
670rv9I thought Putin considered the Kyiv Cathedrals as part of untouchable and sacrosanct- that is what I was told by a classmate of mine who got his PhD in Ukraine - was part of Soviet Russia - married a Ukrainian Engineer - and settled in Moscow - his spouse is estranged with her cousins who live on
tubbyturbo.bsky.social7Russian terrorist MF’ers!!! Losing the war they started, they resort to targeting homes, human safari, committing environmental disasters and every other war crime imaginable. Now destroying irreplaceable historic sites, that belong to the civilized world A word they don’t understand, damn orcs
WillyWonkasTherapist7I hope Ukraine responds in kind. That's the only response Russia understands.
sunbirdie.bsky.social7I am so sorry - feels the same as when Notre Dame was on fire. Why are people so intent on destruction? 🥺
Lilly Evans 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧🇷🇸6One of many Russian crimes
Call Me Reegs5This is so heartbreaking,disgusting and infuriating. I'm so sorry, Olga.
Russian bastards... time to go after Putin himself... find him and bomb the shit out of him.
Kindler4Fascists respect nothing and no one.
Wayne Smith 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🏳️⚧️4The savagery of one man.
🇨🇦4Why. Just why. My heart breaks again.
A.K.A. PDX Traffic Whisperer4Keeping receipts is excellent. Make sure to add that besides invading a sovereign country and trying to kill civilians, they are actively targeting centers of culture and art.
keechiep.bsky.social3HeartbreakIng that this is happening in Ukraine...and Lebanon and Gaza and West Bank. The monsters not only want to kill people, but their histories and achievements as well.
shogsotg.bsky.social3russia is a genocidal state and always has been. Fuck russia! Slava Ukraine!!!!
nadinettr.bsky.social3What a shame, this is heartbreaking
For Freedom's Sake3For anyone keeping score at home; this is also a war crime. (Article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court)
Captanne3I’m so sorry, Olga. I remember when Notre Dame caught fire, I cried at the images. I’m so very sorry.
Project Martha3@onestpress.onestnetwork.com This is devastating to see. The loss of cultural heritage is a wound that goes beyond the immediate tragedy. Sending strength to those who care for this place and its history.
BuckeyeCub3So horrible. My heart aches for Ukrainians.
Joe Hickman3I toured the Lavra when I visited Kiev in 2007. Such a supreme disgrace to destroy this history.
katherinemary.bsky.social3So, trump is planning to give Iran (which HE invaded) billion$ of dollars to rebuild, but nothing for Ukraine (that putin invaded!😡), and no help at all to STOP the horrors that Ukrainians suffer every damned day?!? F*ck it all. I have no faith in global humanity, any more. 😞😢 I’m so pissed off.😡
Dr Randi Fass2That’s too sad. It last burned early in the 18th century.
Syberarky2Effn Russian barbarians. Utterly disgraceful.
SteveG2Fuck Putin. Fuck Trump. Evil.
justme113.bsky.social2I’m so very sorry. This is horrific
reasonmatters.bsky.social2That fire is incinerating any last doubt in the world that the Russian Orthodox Church is a corrupt, venal and servile instrument of the state. To support the Putin regime, and this war, it will tolerate even this. Talk about a crime against humanity.
woodydelano.bsky.social2Russia shouldn’t be allowed to have a military. I hope Ukraine wipes them out
Cielo Azul NM2This is Putin's Russia hitting the soul of Kyiv, literally. Putin does it to demoralize the Ukranian people. There is a special place in hell for monsters like Putin.
Victor Y Pyrrhic2At least European countries are finally acting...
I Got Sunshine In A Bag2I imagine most Americans and Russians don’t care unless they are inconvenienced. Know that there are Americans that do care, and I bet there are Russians that do as well. 🇺🇦
Eric Gélinas2They are pay dearly. More strikes on oil. It’s a low and poor escalation from Putin. Hurts. UNESCO let’s see if they have some punch or toothless like the UN. All Russian monuments should loose their mention of World Heritage. Disgraceful.
Warren Kay2The Orcs are even more willfully destructive than Isis. Call me naive, but I believe Ukrainians would not stoop to that psychological depravity. One day the last Russian will leave, not before the families of nearly 1.5 million soldiers raise their voices against this war
Russians have struck the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and are burning down one of Ukraine's oldest Orthodox churches‼️ The roof of the Dormition Cathedral is ablaze. The cathedral itself is a significant part of our history, it is older than Moscow.
Kate from Kharkiv202It was already there when russian neanderthals were building shacks made of sticks and shit. Fucking barbarians!
noahs-arc0602.bsky.social3Ukraine needs to go into the heart of Russia . Enough is enough !
Sam Sabaaya2I won't hold my breath waiting for the useless UN to condemn this war crime.
Impeach and Convict the President of Puerto Rico now!2Just terrible is that fucker Putin.
The Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, one of the most sacred places in the Orthodox Christian world, is being consumed by flames right now after a Russian strike
egbaka.bsky.social26The Russians are nothing but dishonorable monsters who destroy civilian infrastructure and cultural sites, while Ukrainians are destroying valid military targets or sites that fuel the Russian war machine.
Moonshot23Would be a shame if something happened to this beauty.
Daren Scot Wilson16That's not a valid military target. One more war crime upon Mr. Poo Tin.
LLFella 🇨🇦 🇺🇦15Time to turn Red Square into a sheet of glass
shogsotg.bsky.social10😢 I keep learning to hate russia more every day. I'm so heartbroken for what you all are having to endure. .
Moonshot8Oh wow, now they are targeting Churches, too!
pysankygirl.bsky.social7Never forget or forgive Russians
Nancy F4Deepest condolences and FO putin russia and moscow patriarchate
Jadeabliss - 🪷 “No one let go of anyone’s hand.”🪷4Jesus wept. This is horrific.
Laurent Daverio2Wasn't russia supposed to be the defender of Christian values and civilization?
💔 Fires were confirmed on the territory of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra during tonight’s attack. It is one of Ukraine’s most important historic and sacred sites. I was there on Friday and filmed the Dormition Cathedral. Look at what russians target.
MAB12Your filming and reporting since the beginning of this has been historically and socially important. Sending positive energy your way.
David6Russians destroy what they cannot build, what they cannot control, be it people or buildings or culture or history
Anita White5Devastating. Can’t stay awake, can’t sleep, can’t do anything. Always there, always on your side. 🫂
Jenoco 🇨🇦4Evil russians. I'm so sorry.
mainebogboy.bsky.social3Just horrific Yaroslava. I so hope the sites survive! And the people too. 💔😢
Mark3' Just praying for Ukraine -- every day...
SomersetWhovian 💙 🇺🇦 📎3Oh no 💔 They are evil, murderous, destructive bastards. I do hope the damage isn't too severe.
Inpi2They only know to fight like cowards. I'm so sorry for the Dormition Cathedral, I hope no one is hurt. 🙏✨️🇺🇦🕊🌎
Ljubica2💔 Just woken up and seen this. Such a beautiful place. Sending love from Lithuania where the people know and understand ruZZian evil far too well. I hope the fires stop soon.
