Russia attacks the city of Kiev with missiles, damaging Saint Nicholas Catholic Cathedral

Just days before Christmas, the Putin regime continues to launch criminal attacks against the civilian population of Ukraine.

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On Friday morning, Russia attacked the city of Kiev with missiles and drones. According to the local newspaper Kyiv Independent, "The Ukrainian Air Force reported that all the projectiles were shot down, missile debris fell in at least four districts of kyiv, causing fires throughout the city." As a result of this new Russian attack, one person was killed and twelve were injured. The aforementioned Ukrainian media adds the following:

"Damage to critical infrastructure left 630 residential buildings, 16 medical facilities, 17 schools, and 13 kindergartens without heating amid December temperatures.
Non-residential buildings in the Solomianskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts were also damaged by fallen debris. In the Pechersk district, a blast wave shattered precious stained glass windows of the St. Nicholas Roman Catholic church, the second-oldest Catholic church in Kyiv."

The damaged Roman Catholic church, St. Nicholas Cathedral, was built between 1899 and 1909. It is a neo-Gothic building and one of the most iconic buildings in the city. UkraineWorld Español noted this morning that this church is "one of the few places in Ukraine, if not the only one, where you can receive religious services in Spanish."

Since the start of the Russian invasion, the Putin regime has been attacking dozens of temples and religious centers in Ukraine. So far, the most serious of these attacks took place in July 2023, when Russia destroyed the Odessa Orthodox Cathedral in a brutal missile attack. You can see a series of images of the results of today's Russian attack here. Once again, I absolutely condemn the terrorist actions of the Putin regime.

Above, the area around St. Nicholas Cathedral last night. And this is how the Russians left it:

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Photo sources: Oleksandra Matviichuk / UKR Embassy in Spain / Денис Казанський / Bohdana Neborak.