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In his nightly address on Saturday, Zelensky said, “Among them are the ancient ones – those that withstood World War II, but did not withstand the Russian occupation.”

“There are also those that were built after 1991. Reconstruction of the Skete of All Saints of the Sviatohirsk Lavra began in 2001. June 10 would be another anniversary of the beginning of construction,” he said.
Earlier Saturday, CNN reported All Saints Church in Sviatohirsk Lavra was “destroyed” by Russian shelling.

Zelensky noted in his address it is “not the first shelling of the Lavra,” and “three Lavra monks were killed by the Russian shelling on Wednesday. Worship services are forced to be held in the basement.”

According to the President, the sounds of incoming Russian artillery are “constant” in the Lavra.

Zelensky pointed out Sviatohirsk Lavra “belongs to Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which is still considered in Moscow to be connected with the Russian Orthodox Church, but even this does not stop the Russian army.”

In the light of “the support of the Orthodox hierarchs in Russia for the aggression against Ukraine,” Zelensky called on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church “to draw conclusions.”

“The Russian army can stop burning churches. The Russian army can stop destroying cities. The Russian army can stop killing children. If the same person in Moscow just gives such an order. And the fact that there is still no such order is an obvious humiliation for the whole world,” he said.

The Russian state news agency TASS said five civilians were killed and 20 were injured Saturday as a result of multiple explosions close to the city of Donetsk by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The city is held by the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic, but is rarely shelled by Ukrainian forces.

Ukrainian officials have not commented on the explosions.

The DPR said on its Telegram channel 10 Grad rockets had been fired at the Kirov district of the city. The headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR said, “as a result of the shelling in Donetsk, the number of wounded increased to 10 people.”

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