Russia bombs Kyiv hours after Putin-Trump call, setting 1,000-year-old monastery ablaze

Hot Air—The Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra — a UNESCO heritage site standing nearly a millennium — caught fire in one of the heaviest Russian aerial barrages on the capital in two weeks, coming just hours after a phone call between Putin and Trump. At least 11 people were killed across Ukraine as drones and missiles struck multiple cities, cutting power to hundreds of thousands in Kyiv. Analysts said it was 'not inconceivable' the monastery was deliberately targeted, drawing comparisons to bombing Notre-Dame. Simultaneously, Ukrainian drones hit Russia's largest oil refinery in the Moscow region and struck key rail supply lines feeding the front.

• Hot Air — Ukrainian Drones Strike Moscow Oil Refinery
• Al Jazeera — Repairs begin at 1,000-year-old Kyiv monastery after Russian attack
• The Straits Times — Ukrainian drone hit Moscow region's largest oil refinery overnight
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• NPR — World — Russian drones strike one of Ukraine most important Christian cultural heritage sites
• The Independent (UK) — observers compared the monastery strike to bombing Notre-Dame
• France 24 — Ukraine's historic Kyiv cathedral set ablaze in Russian missile attack
• ABC Australia — Ukrainian heritage-listed monastery severely damaged in Russian missile strike
• The Straits Times — What to know about the historic Kyiv monastery damaged in the Russian missile strike
• Politico Europe — Russia strikes historic Kyiv cathedral in overnight drone attack causing major fire
• The Independent (UK) — Russia launches large-scale attack on Ukraine, sparking fire at a historic monastery
• Deutsche Welle — Russian strikes set historic Kyiv cathedral on fire in large-scale overnight attack
• Deutsche Welle — Ukrainian drones simultaneously struck key Russian railway supply lines feeding the front
• Google News Top — centuries-old Orthodox cathedral damaged in drone and missile barrage; ablaze for hours
• CBS News — Pechersk Lavra dating back 1,000 years caught fire; multiple major cities hit
• Straight Arrow News — Russian strike ignites fire at one of Ukraine most sacred Orthodox sites
• BBC — Ukrainian drone attack on Tula killed three Russians in parallel overnight
• France 24 — Russian attack leaves historic Kyiv monastery ablaze amid wave of strikes on Ukraine
• Al Jazeera — UNESCO-listed Dormition Cathedral engulfed in flames
• Daily Wire — Dormition Cathedral — UNESCO site standing nearly 1,000 years — partially destroyed
• Bloomberg — Politics — barrage came hours after a Trump-Putin phone call
• France 24 — strikes cut power to hundreds of thousands in Kyiv