A 1000-year-old monastery that symbolises Ukraine&rsquo;s spiritual and cultural heritage was badly damaged in the heaviest <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/ukrainian-drone-strikes-hit-russian-oil-facility-spark-fuel-depot-fire-23635183" rel="nofollow">Russian aerial attack on Kyiv</a> in two weeks, authorities said on Monday, while 10 people were killed nationwide in the overnight strikes.
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France&rsquo;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.&nbsp;
The strikes came after Ukraine&rsquo;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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A Russian aerial attack damaged Kyiv`s 1,000-year-old UNESCO-listed Pechersk Lavra monastery and killed 10 people across Ukraine

Russian strikes damage 1,000-year-old Kyiv monastery, 10 killed across Ukraine

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A 1,000-year-old monastery in Kyiv, regarded as a symbol of Ukraine's spiritual and cultural heritage, was damaged during one of Russia's heaviest aerial attacks on the capital in two weeks. The overnight strikes killed 10 people across Ukraine and drew international condemnation

Historic Kyiv monastery damaged, 10 killed in Russian attacks

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