Drone damage to Kyiv monastery ‘assault on Ukrainian culture’ – Taoiseach

Taoiseach Micheál Martin (second left), accompanied by deputy prime minister and minister of culture of Ukraine Tetyana Berezhna (left), guide Yulia Vizir and Maksym Ostapenko, general director of the National Reserve Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, looks at the damage to the Dormition Cathedral after a Russian drone strike during his visit to Kyiv in Ukraine (Niall Carson/PA) - (PA Wire)

Ireland’s premier has said a Russian attack on a renowned religious site in Kyiv was “an assault on Ukraine’s culture”.

Micheál Martin was taken on a tour of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Monastery of the Caves, as part of his trip to Kyiv on Thursday, where he met with Volodymyr Zelensky and reaffirmed Ireland’s support for Ukrainian sovereignty.