President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Kyiv Pechersk Lavra on Monday, June 15, after a massive Russian missile and drone attack damaged the historic monastery complex and other cultural sites in the Ukrainian capital.
In a statement published on Telegram, Zelensky said emergency crews had extinguished fires at both the Lavra and the Mystetskyi Arsenal cultural complex in central Kyiv following the overnight strikes.
Zelensky said the area was “deliberately attacked.”
“Two Russian drones deliberately attacked the part of the city where the Lavra and the Mystetskyi Arsenal are located,” Zelensky said, adding that 35 people were injured in Kyiv.
He said 11 were confirmed dead and 53 were wounded nationwide and offered his condolences.
