Historic Kyiv monastery damaged, 10 killed in Russian attacks

Firefighters extinguishing a fire in the Dormition Cathedral in the Orthodox complex of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. PIC/AFP

A 1000-year-old monastery that symbolises Ukraine's spiritual and cultural heritage was badly damaged in the heaviest Russian aerial attack on Kyiv in two weeks, authorities said on Monday, while 10 people were killed nationwide in the overnight strikes.

France's foreign minister said the attack on the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage site founded in 1051, was akin to bombing Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.

The strikes came after Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday he had discussed with US President Donald Trump efforts to secure an end to the more than four-year conflict.

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