00:04A Russian drone has struck a historic Christian monastery in Kyiv under a wider overnight
00:11bombardment that left multiple people dead and dozens injured. Flames tore through the historic
00:19Kyiv-Pochersk-Lavra Monastery complex after a drone strike sparked a fire at the UNESCO-listed
00:25site. Monastery officials said the blaze damaged the Assumption Cathedral, also known as the
00:33Dormition Cathedral, and described it as the second time the complex had been hit since
00:38Russia's full-scale invasion began in 2022.
00:48Clergy, workers and emergency crews worked to protect sacred objects, including shrines
00:55and icons as flames spread across part of the roof. The attack formed part of a broader wave
01:02of strikes across Kyiv, where emergency crews responded to damage across residential and
01:09commercial areas.
01:39The attack formed a true presence of the land of a
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