Seen laments of “no sense.“ Yet, it only lacks sense if one doesn’t want to see the intentionality of Russian imperialism and its commitment to subjugating sovereign nations, appropriating their culture and destroying them when they cannot be forced into submission. The Soviets blew up Lavra in 1941
Tereza Hendl
Nineteen russian ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and Shahed drones are raining down on Kyiv right now. This is horrific. The UNESCO-listed Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra has been targeted. A thousand years of Ukrainian history, faith, and culture are once again under attempted destruction.