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The sacred and historic Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery’s Dormition Cathedral caught fire after a massive Russian air raid on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, that killed at least five people and injured at least six more. Peter Beaumont writes from Kyiv that the strikes were part of a wave of Russian attacks across Ukraine, with reports of damage continuing to arrive early on Monday morning. Houses, cars and a high-rise apartment building caught fire and 140,000 people were without electricity in parts of Kyiv, said Vitali Klitschko, the mayor and Tymur Tkachenko, head of the capital’s military administration.
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Agence France-Presse said a major missile attack was taking place and its reporter saw projectiles intercepted in the sky with glowing debris falling on to the city. The risk of missile and drone attacks continued into Monday morning, Ukraine’s air force warned. Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko, posted a picture of monastery buildings in flames, adding: “A brutal assault on our people and our heritage. This is the true face of Russia’s Orthodox values.”
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On Sunday the regions of Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Sumy came under attack. Police said two people were killed and four injured in Sumy. A woman aged 73 died when a drone hit a car in Zaporizhzhia, said the regional governor. Three other women and an elderly man of similar ages were injured. A baby was injured in a drone strike on Kharkiv city, said the regional governor.
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Ukraine hit an oil facility in Russia’s Yaroslavl region and the critically important Azot explosives plant in the Tula region, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday. Strikes on Russian military logistics also succeeded in occupied parts of Ukraine. “Ukraine is carrying out its plan of long-range sanctions against Russia and the assigned tasks regarding mid-range strikes in response to Russia’s refusal to end this war,” Zelenskyy said.
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The governor of Russia’s Yaroslavl region, Mikhail Yevryaev, said a massive Ukrainian drone attack hit the region. Fuel storage facilities were struck, causing a large fire. One person was killed and nine more were injured on Sunday when Ukrainian drones hit an apartment building in the Russian city of Oryol, south of Moscow, the regional governor said.
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A drone strike set fire to a sea terminal in the southern Russian port of Temryuk, regional authorities said according to Russian state media. Ukraine’s military and the SBU security service said on Saturday that Ukrainian drones hit several targets in Russia including an oil and gas terminal in the Russian Krasnodar region and an oil processing and pumping facility in the Volgograd region.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken with Donald Trump on ways to end the Russia-Ukraine war ahead of the G7 meeting in France this week, Gloria Oladipo writes. Sunday was the US president’s 80th birthday. Zelenskyy said: “I updated the president on the latest developments on the battlefield and how our position has strengthened,” he said. “We have some good ideas that could help bring peace closer.” Trump also spoke with Vladimir Putin and offered to help end the war, reported Russia’s Tass news agency.