PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, June 16: Papers focus on the historic Pechersk Lavra monastery in Kyiv that was set on fire by a missile barrage blamed on Russia. Next: a French-Vietnamese woman is appealing against the companies that supplied the deadly Agent Orange chemical during the Vietnam War. Also: an investigation shows that North Korean hackers are stealing Balkan identities. Finally, a cat interrupts the final scene of "Romeo and Juliet" in a theatre in Turkey.
Ukrainian papers are covering the historic monastery in Kyiv that was set ablaze on Tuesday amid Russian strikes. The Kyiv Independent explains why Kyiv's ancient monastery is so important for Ukraine. It's "one of the holiest places", says the headline. The article notes that the monastery, founded at the beginning of the 11th century, is one of Orthodox Christianity's oldest and most sacred monasteries. The paper says that this level of violence against the holy site hasn't been witnessed since World War II, when the Soviets bombed it with explosives.
