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Historic Kyiv monastery set ablaze in deadly Russian air attack

Historic Kyiv monastery set ablaze in deadly Russian air attack Grouped from 12 articles across 8 sources.

12 reports8 sourcesJun 15, 2026, 1:56 PM
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Al JazeeraJun 15, 2026, 1:56 PM

Historic Kyiv monastery set ablaze in deadly Russian air attack

Historic Kyiv monastery set ablaze in deadly Russian air attack

Al JazeeraJun 15, 2026, 7:40 AM

Russian attacks in Ukraine kill 11, damage historic Kyiv cathedral

A large overnight missile and drone attack strikes Kyiv, Kharkiv and other Ukrainian cities.

BBC NewsJun 15, 2026, 12:07 PM

Russian strikes kill 11 and set historic cathedral in Kyiv ablaze

A Ukrainian drone attack in the Russian city of Tula, south of Moscow, killed three people.

Al JazeeraJun 15, 2026, 10:05 AM

Kyiv cathedral burns as heavy Russian air raids hit Ukraine

Flames engulf Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra's Dormition Cathedral, a UNESCO site, following Russia's intensified military assault.

The Globe and MailJun 15, 2026, 9:40 AM

Historic Kyiv monastery ablaze as major Russian strikes kill several

A wave of Russian strikes on Kyiv has killed several people and set a historic monastery on fire, Ukrainian officials said, in one of the heaviest attacks on the capital in recent weeks.

DWJun 15, 2026, 5:47 AM

Russia strikes leave historic Kyiv cathedral in flames

The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was set on fire as Russia struck multiple cities in Ukraine overnight. Meanwhile, Moscow reported three deaths from a Ukrainian drone attack.

Financial TimesJun 15, 2026, 7:03 AM

Russia damages historic Kyiv cathedral in massive missile strike

Firefighters seen battling flames at Unesco-listed Dormition Cathedral after Moscow’s overnight attack

The GuardianJun 15, 2026, 1:12 AM

Kyiv monastery set on fire in night of Russian attacks across Ukraine

Dormition Cathedral of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, one of Ukraine’s most significant religious sites, and residential buildings hit across capital Ukraine has come under a massive Russian missile and drone attack with waves of explosions echoing through the capital, Kyiv, in the early hours of Monday morning as air raids killed at least five people across the country. Among targets hit in the sustained wave of strikes were the city’s historic Dormition Cathedral within the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, one of Ukraine’s most significant religious sites, as well as residential buildings across the city. Continue reading...

The Straits TimesJun 14, 2026, 10:53 PM

Nine killed, historic monastery on fire as Ukraine faces major Russian attacks

Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone strike killed three people and wounded three others in the Russian city of Tula.

The Straits TimesJun 15, 2026, 7:38 AM

Russia says it did not strike Kyiv monastery, says a U.S.-made Patriot air defence missile did

MOSCOW, June 15 - Russia said on Monday that it did not strike the historic Pechersk Lavra monastery in Kyiv in an overnight attack on military factories in the Ukrainian capital and that a U.S.-made Patriot air defence missile had damaged the religious site.

NBC NewsJun 15, 2026, 9:57 AM

Deadly Russian attacks fuel blaze at centuries-old monastery in Kyiv

Deadly Russian strikes across Ukraine overnight sparked an intense blaze at a 1,000-year-old monastery in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, one of the country’s most important religious and cultural landmarks

The Straits TimesJun 14, 2026, 10:53 PM

Five injured, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery on fire as Ukraine repels air attacks, authorities say

The air attack damaged electricity lines and left 140,000 Kyiv residents without power.

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