On the night of June 15, Russia struck Kyiv. As a result of the attack, the Assumption Cathedral of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, a historical and architectural monument on the UNESCO World Heritage List, caught fire. Icons and relics began to be taken out of the Lavra to save them from the fire. According to the general director of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, Maxim Ostapenko, there were two targeted strikes from Russia aimed at destroying the Assumption Cathedral. One of the drones hit the center of the cathedral. The second blow hit the Ioann Kushnik Tower and the building of the Mystetskyi Arsenal museum complex nearby. The head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Andrei Sibiga said that Ukraine will launch all necessary procedures to achieve a reaction to this “act of state barbarity.” Vladimir Zelensky called the blow to the Lavra “one of the largest Russian crimes against Christian culture.”