On the eve of the Russian military fired at the Svyatogorsk Lavra of the Moscow Patriarchate in the Donetsk region. As a result, a wooden building of the All -Sobit caught fire. A photo of the burning church was published by an officer of the 95th separate landing and scenery brigade Yuri Kochevenko.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate confirmed the fact of the Russian attack on the All-Sixovite monastery: “As a result of hostilities, a large-scale fire occurred on the territory of the All-Sobit of the Holy Assumption Svyatogorsk Lavra. Flame completely covered the main temple of the monastery.”
On June 1, Ukrainian media reported that Russia fired at Lavra in Svyatogorsk, as a result of which two monks and nuns were killed. Five more people were injured. Later one of the seriously wounded died.