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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Vlad Smilianets and Anastasiia Malenko

Cathedral described as ‘the soul of all Ukraine’ damaged in Russian attack

Russian overnight attack damages Kyiv's St Sophia Cathedral - (Facebook/Mykola Tochytskyi)

A Russian attack has damaged Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, a UNESCO world heritage site and one of Ukraine's most significant monuments, according to Ukraine's culture minister.

Mykola Tochytskyi announced on Facebook that the overnight attack struck "at the very heart of our identity again". He called the 11th-century cathedral "the soul of all Ukraine" and a shrine that "survived for centuries".

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