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Russian shelling hits landmark church in southern Ukraine
Updated On: 04 August, 2023 08:02 AM IST | Kyiv | Agencies
Emergency service said four of its workers were wounded in a second round of shelling as they fought the fire at St. Catherine’s Cathedral
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An exhibition of destroyed Russian military vehicles in Kyiv. Pic/AP
Russian shelling on Thursday damaged a landmark church in the city of Kherson that once held the remains of the renowned 18th-century commander who exerted Russian control through the southeast parts of modern Ukraine and annexed the Crimean Peninsula.
Emergency service said four of its workers were wounded in a second round of shelling as they fought the fire at St. Catherine’s Cathedral. Four other people were wounded in the first shelling attack, which also hit a trolleybus. The church, dating from 1781, is one of the city’s most notable buildings. It was the burial spot for Prince Grigory Potemkin, a favorite of Russian Empress Catherine the Great.
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