A Temple in Ukraine’s Sviatohirsk Lavra on Fire After Russian Attack

• The principle temple of the Sviatohirsk Lavra is on fireplace after a Russian assault in Donetsk Oblast, a Ukrainian adviser said.
• A video of the temple, a monastery on the Seversky Donets River, engulfed in flames circulated on Saturday.
• Native experiences stated no casualties had been reported but, citing the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

A part of the Sviatohirsk Lavra is on fireplace after a Russian assault in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, a high Ukrainian adviser stated on Saturday. 

“The principle temple of the Sviatohirsk Lavra, a shrine of the Orthodox world that has turn into a shelter for the refugees is on fireplace after (Russian) assault,” said Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the pinnacle of the Workplace of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

A video of the temple, an Orthodox Christian monastery on the Seversky Donets River, engulfed in flames circulated on Saturday. 

—Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) June 4, 2022

“An actual devilish grin of the ‘Russian barbaric world’, for which nothing is sacred,” Podolyak added in a tweet. “(Ukraine) will drive the satan again behind the Iron Curtain.”

President Zelenskyy shared the identical video of the hearth in his Telegram channel. 

“Russian artillery struck the Svyatogorsk Lavra within the Donetsk area once more at present. Destroyed All Saints Monastery. It was consecrated in 1912. It was first destroyed in the course of the Soviet period. Later it was rebuilt. And so it was burned by the Russian military,” Zelenskyy stated. 

On June 1, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church stated two monks and a nun had been killed amid Russian shelling in Svyatogorsk Lavra, Al Jazeera reported. 

“The occupiers know precisely which object is being shelled. They know that there aren’t any army targets on the territory of the Svyatogorsk Lavra. It’s identified that there are about 300 lay folks fleeing hostilities, together with 60 kids,” Zelenskyy stated. “They don’t care what to show into ruins.”

Ukrainian information group Hromadske Int. confirmed the blaze in a tweet and stated no casualties had been reported but, citing the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and a Ukrainian military officer.