Reporters saw a burning building in the bombed area during the first Russian attacks on Kyiv since mid-April. “In the afternoon the enemy fired on Kyiv. Two attacks on Chevchenkovsky district,” confirmed Mayor Vitali Klitschko, adding that “information about the victims is being clarified.”
“Missile attacks in the center of Kyiv during Antonio Guterres’ official visit,” criticized Mijailo Podoliak, adviser to the Ukrainian president, on Twitter.
The Russian bombing of Kiev during the visit of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was aimed at “humiliating” the international organization, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday.
These bombings “say a lot about the efforts of the Russian leadership to humiliate the UN and everything that this organization stands for,” Zelenskyy said in a video published on Telegram.
Guterres: “The entire civilized world must surround Ukraine”
“Yesterday I was sitting at a big table in the Kremlin and today there are explosions over my head,” he joked. “It is proof that we need a quick victory over Russia and that the entire civilized world needs to unite around Ukraine. We need to act quickly. More weapons, more humanitarian efforts, more aid,” the head of the presidential administration demanded. Andriy Iermak.
Iermak called for Russia to be stripped of its right of veto in the UN Security Council. The UN Secretary-General arrived in Ukraine on Thursday, where he is due to visit Bucha and Irpin outside of Kyiv.
Ukrainians accuse Russian forces of committing crimes against civilians in these cities. Guterres met with Ukraine’s president and lamented that the Security Council had “failed” to end the war that began on February 24 with the Russian invasion. Guterres also met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday.
Guterres promises to evacuate Mariupol
UN Secretary-General António Guterres today acknowledged the international community’s failure to stop the war in Ukraine and pledged to do “everything possible” to evacuate civilians from the Azvostal Steelworks in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
“We are doing everything to achieve this. My first and only priority is the people who are suffering and the citizens who need to be saved,” he told a press conference in Kyiv after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Guterres reached an agreement in principle with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin on Tuesday on the involvement of the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the evacuation of Azvostal, where around 1,000 people remain refugees along with some 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers.
jov (afp, daily mirror)
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Ukraine: World Heritage sites threatened by war
Kyiv: Saint Sophia Cathedral and Pechersk Lavra
This 11th-century Orthodox church was built to compete with Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia. Its mosaics and frescoes are appreciated. The church heavily influenced later temples and together with the nearby monastic complex known as the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra or Kiev Cave Monastery, helped make the area a center of Orthodox faith and thought.
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Ukraine: World Heritage sites threatened by war
Chernivtsi: from the metropolises of Bukowia and Dalmatia
With its spectacular mix of Byzantine, Gothic and Baroque styles, this former residence of the Eastern Orthodox metropolitan expresses the diverse religious and cultural identity of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The gigantic complex was built between 1864 and 1882 by Czech architect Josef Hlavka and also includes a chapel, a seminary and a monastery.
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Ukraine: World Heritage sites threatened by war
Lviv: historical part of the city
Founded in the late Middle Ages, the western city of Lemberg (Lviv) was an important administrative, religious, and commercial center. The modern city still retains its medieval identity, like the temples of different religious communities. It also has many Baroque buildings. Its architecture shows Eastern European influences mixed with those of Italy and Germany.
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Ukraine: World Heritage sites threatened by war
Staro-Nekrasovka: Struve Geodesic Arch
The Struve Arch is a chain of topographical triangulations spanning more than 1,700 miles and 10 countries. Its southernmost point is at Staro-Nekrasovka on the Black Sea, while its northernmost point is at Hammerfest (Norway, pictured). Built between 1816 and 1855, the community structure helped determine the exact shape and size of the Earth.
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Ukraine: World Heritage sites threatened by war
Sevastopol: ancient city of Chersonese
The ruins of Chersonesus, a 5th-century BC city founded by the Doric Greeks. BC, are located on the outskirts of Sevastopol in southwestern Crimea, which was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014. The area includes complexes of public buildings, residential quarters, monuments of Old Christians and vineyards, as well as the remains of buildings from the Stone and Bronze Ages.
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Ukraine: World Heritage sites threatened by war
Zakarpattia region: wooden temples of the Carpathian region
This UNESCO World Heritage site is actually a series of 16 ‘zerkvas’, or wooden churches, scattered in the Carpathian region across Poland and Ukraine. They were built between the 16th and 19th centuries by Orthodox and Greek Catholic communities. They are an example of the tradition of the Slavic countries. Its interiors are also very famous.
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Ukraine: World Heritage sites threatened by war
Zarkarpattia region: wild beech forests of the Carpathians
There are also old and wild beech forests in western Ukraine. The entire site includes 94 sections in 18 countries. This image is from the Uholka-Shyrokyi Luh Forest, which is part of the largest virgin beech forest in the world. Beech trees began to spread after the last Ice Age 11,000 years ago and are now part of pristine and complex ecosystems.
