{"id":1349237,"date":"2026-01-26T15:04:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/monuments-of-the-kyiv-pechersk-lavra-damaged-by-russian-attack\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T15:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:04:29","slug":"monuments-of-the-kyiv-pechersk-lavra-damaged-by-russian-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/monuments-of-the-kyiv-pechersk-lavra-damaged-by-russian-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Monuments of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra damaged by Russian attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Damage to monuments of national importance was recorded in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra as a result of a Russian attack on the night of January 24.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This was reported<\/a> by Ukrinform with reference to a briefing by the Director General of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve, Maksym Ostapenko.<\/p>\n

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According to him, during the massive shelling, the area leading to the Far Caves, one of the oldest and most sacred parts of the Lavra, was damaged.<\/p>\n

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“During the last explosion, probably a Shahed drone, part of the fittings were destroyed, cracks appeared in the structural elements of the gallery,” Ostapenko said.<\/p>\n

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He noted that the last time the Lavra was destroyed due to hostilities was during World War II.<\/p>\n

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As a result of the attack, building No. 66 – the entrance to the Dalnye Pechery complex – was damaged, as well as building No. 67 – the Annunciation Church, where partial damage to the facade was recorded.<\/p>\n

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A preliminary visual inspection revealed damage to door and window frames, cracking and peeling exterior plaster, and mechanical damage to door and window hardware.<\/p>\n

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On January 26, specialists will conduct an in-depth technical inspection of the structures. After completing the documentation, work will begin on eliminating the consequences and preserving the damaged objects.<\/p>\n

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Deputy Minister of Culture Ivan Verbytskyi reported that 1,640 cultural heritage sites have been destroyed in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion. He emphasized that the Russian war poses a threat not only to national but also to world cultural heritage, which is why Ukraine is appealing to the international community to strengthen the protection of these sites.<\/p>\n

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It was previously reported that the astronomical observatory building in Shevchenko Park in Odessa was damaged due to Russian attacks.<\/a><\/p>\n

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As a reminder, the International Nuclear Energy Agency stated that the Chernobyl NPP lost all external power supply as a result of a Russian night attack on Ukraine.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Damage to monuments of national importance was recorded in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra as a result of a Russian attack on the night of January 24. This was reported by Ukrinform with reference to a briefing by the Director General of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve, Maksym Ostapenko. According to him, during the massive shelling, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1349227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76874,76878,76871],"class_list":["post-1349237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-war","category-society","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1349237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1349227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1349237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1349237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}