The United States condemned the Russian attack on a holy site in Kyiv and called for an end to the war.
Attack on Lavra. / © General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine / Facebook
Attacks by the Russian Federation’s army against civilians and Christian holy sites, such as the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in the capital on June 15, are unacceptable.
This was stated by the U.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Ukraine, Julie Davis, on the embassy’s page.
The American diplomat emphasized that she had personally witnessed the destruction of a unique historical monument at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
“Attacks against civilians and Christian holy sites are unacceptable. This horrific violence must stop, and the war must end,” the statement said.
Davis also mentioned the strikes on residential buildings in Kyiv and the treacherous strike by the aggressor, the Russian Federation, on Kharkiv, which claimed the lives of five rescuers. It should be noted that the SES employees were working at the site of the impact when the occupiers struck them.
Attack on Lavra on June 15 – reaction
The State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience, following the RF’s strike on the Lavra, voiced a single demand to the UOC-MP. The department stressed that its representatives must withdraw from the Russian church, which “has long been justifying evil, infanticide, and blasphemy.” Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
UNESCO condemned the strike on the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, which is one of Ukraine’s important spiritual and cultural monuments. The organization expressed its readiness to support Kyiv in assessing the damage caused, as well as in determining priority measures for their preservation and restoration.
At the same time, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian, following the RF’s attack on the Lavra, once again stated his support for peace talks and called on “all parties” to create conditions for a political settlement of the conflict.
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