Blazing monastery linked to Moscow Church

Blazing monastery linked to Moscow Church

A Ukrainian government tweet shows the fine old monastery intact, before it was hit. The monastery is affiliated to the Moscow Patriarchate, which is run by Patriarch Kirill, an ally of President Vladimir Putin and supporter of the Russian military.

The tweet alleges that Russian forces killed four monks there on 30 May.

Qazet.az can not verify the claims.

On Facebook, Ukraine's Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko says this: "The Donetsk eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has confirmed that in this temple, besides monks and nuns, there were 300 refugees, among them disabled and elderly, and nearly 60 children, among them newborns."