{"id":1389022,"date":"2026-06-15T12:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1389022"},"modified":"2026-06-15T16:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:19:07","slug":"world-leaders-condemn-russia-s-strike-on-the-kyiv-pechersk-lavra-as-barbarism-and-an-attack-on-humanity-s-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/world-leaders-condemn-russia-s-strike-on-the-kyiv-pechersk-lavra-as-barbarism-and-an-attack-on-humanity-s-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"World leaders condemn Russia\u2019s strike on the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra as \u201cbarbarism\u201d and an attack on humanity\u2019s heritage"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>International leaders and officials have strongly condemned Russia\u2019s overnight strike on the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, which caused major damage to the UNESCO World Heritage site, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n   <p>The international community continues to react to Russia\u2019s overnight strike on the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a UNESCO World Heritage site.<\/p>\n   <p>Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said the attack demonstrated that Moscow has no genuine interest in peace.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cAttacks on a UNESCO site are truly incredibly serious. They show that Russia does not want to sit down at the negotiating table.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Tajani added that Kyiv is also a religious capital and that the attack could offend the feelings of Christians around the world, including Orthodox believers in Russia.<\/p>\n   <p>Italian Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli condemned the strike, describing the Lavra as \u201ca symbol of the history and spirituality of the Ukrainian people.\u201d<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe destruction of a World Heritage site is an insult to a legacy that belongs to all humanity and an attack on memory, identity, and the shared values of the international community.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called Russia\u2019s aggression against Ukraine unacceptable.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWhen attacks do not spare even thousand-year-old symbols of Christianity, we need steadfast support for Kyiv.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Meloni said support for Ukraine and efforts to achieve peace would be central topics at the G7 summit.<\/p>\n   <p>Switzerland also condemned the attacks, with the Swiss Embassy in Kyiv expressing concern over the severe damage inflicted on the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.<\/p>\n   <p>Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney described the Lavra as \u201ca sacred site of Ukraine and Eastern Christianity.\u201d<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cCanada stands with Ukraine. Their fight for freedom, democracy, and sovereignty is our cause as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Hungarian State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Anita Orb\u00e1n said Hungary strongly condemns the attack and the damage caused to the Lavra and the Dormition Cathedral.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe Lavra is one of the holiest sites of Eastern Orthodoxy. Any attack on civilian infrastructure, especially religious sites, is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>French President Emmanuel Macron described the strike as \u201can attack on our world heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cNothing can justify a strike against a religious monument such as the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Macron said France stands ready to support Ukraine and that the attack only strengthens efforts to achieve a ceasefire that Russia continues to reject.<\/p>\n   <p>President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Petra Bayr stated that Russia\u2019s attacks demonstrate its desire for escalation rather than peace.<\/p>\n   <p>Czech President Petr Pavel said Russia is deliberately trying to destroy what it can never possess.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe attacks on cultural landmarks, including the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, reveal Russia\u2019s desperation and barbarism.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset said the damage to the Lavra represents yet another escalation in Russia\u2019s campaign of destruction.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThis UNESCO World Heritage site is one of Ukraine\u2019s treasures and part of Europe\u2019s shared cultural heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>President of the European Council Ant\u00f3nio Costa said G7 leaders would discuss increasing pressure on Russia to bring it to the negotiating table.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThese attacks demonstrate Russia\u2019s unwillingness to engage seriously in peace negotiations. But time is not on Russia\u2019s side.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Pr\u00e9vot condemned the strike as an attack on heritage that belongs to all humanity.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe Kyiv Pechersk Lavra has stood for nearly a thousand years. There is no military logic here \u2014 only the deliberate infliction of suffering on people and on humanity\u2019s shared heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper described the attack as \u201can act of deliberate sacrilege\u201d and pledged support for Ukraine\u2019s appeal to UNESCO.<\/p>\n   <p>Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen called for Russia to be held fully accountable.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cRussia must bear full responsibility for deliberate attacks on civilians. These are blatant war crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>The fire at the Dormition Cathedral, caused by the June 15 attack, spread across approximately 800 square meters before being brought under control by emergency services.<\/p>\n   <p>Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna described the attack as a demonstration of \u201cbarbarism and contempt\u201d for humanity\u2019s cultural heritage.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cRussia likes to portray itself as a guardian of Christian civilization. By striking the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, it has once again demonstrated its barbarism and disregard for our shared human heritage,\u201d Tsahkna wrote on X.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>He stressed that one of Christianity\u2019s holiest monasteries, a place of worship for nearly a thousand years, was set ablaze because of Russia\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n   <p>Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Bra\u017ee called for preventing the \u201cnormalization\u201d of Russia\u2019s war and urged institutions such as Venice Biennale and UNESCO not to allow Russian participation in international cultural events.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cRussia\u2019s attack on Christian cultural and religious treasures reveals its true face of ruthless barbarism and desperation in the face of Ukraine\u2019s fearless struggle for freedom and liberation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>French Foreign Minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot described the strike as an example of Putin\u2019s \u201ccruelty\u201d and compared the damage to the Dormition Cathedral to the bombing of France\u2019s most cherished landmarks.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cFor us French, this is the equivalent of bombing Notre-Dame or Saint-Denis,\u201d Barrot said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>He added that France and the European Union would continue and strengthen their support for Ukraine, including through the EU accession process and preparations for a future peace settlement.<\/p>\n   <p>Lithuanian President Gitanas Naus\u0117da said the attack demonstrated Russia\u2019s complete disregard for human life, cultural heritage, and spiritual traditions.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cFor the aggressor, nothing is sacred. Russia\u2019s attack on the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, one of Orthodoxy\u2019s holiest sites, shows a frenzied contempt for human life, cultural heritage, and the very spiritual tradition Russia claims as its own,\u201d Naus\u0117da stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Moldovan President Maia Sandu declared that Moldova stands with Ukraine and called for increased pressure on Russia.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe Kremlin has once again shown that nothing is sacred to it. Those who claim to defend Christian values bombed the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, one of the holiest sites of Orthodoxy. True faith does not bomb cathedrals,\u201d Sandu said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>American pastor Mark Burns, a spiritual adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, expressed solidarity with Ukraine after learning that Russian missiles had struck one of the country\u2019s most sacred religious sites and a UNESCO World Heritage location.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI pray for everyone\u2019s safety and that no lives are lost. May God protect Ukraine, comfort its people, and bring peace to this suffering nation,\u201d Burns wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos also condemned the attack on behalf of the European Commission.<\/p>\n   <p>\u201cThey killed rescuers in Kharkiv, wounded civilians in Kyiv, and set fire to the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, one of Ukraine\u2019s most important religious landmarks,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n   <p>Kos noted that on the very day Ukraine opens its first accession negotiation cluster with the European Union, Moscow is once again revealing its deepest geopolitical fears.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWhat it fears most \u2014 a democratic Ukraine firmly anchored in Europe \u2014 is becoming reality,\u201d she emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Following Russia\u2019s massive overnight attack on Kyiv, emergency crews continue to deal with the aftermath of the fire at the Dormition Cathedral, where the blaze spread across approximately 800 square meters.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-at-the-kyiv-pechersk-lavra-we-will-restore-everything\/\">Zelenskyy at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra: We will restore everything<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International leaders and officials have strongly condemned Russia\u2019s overnight strike on the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1389025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,51,36415,36422,55,50],"tags":[76,78,72924,72926],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1389022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-europe-en","category-11473-news-en","category-11473-news-en-3","category-ukraine-en","category-svit-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-russian-airstrikes-on-ukraine","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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