Ukrainian nationalists set Svyatogorsk monastery on fire: Russia
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After completing the arson, the Ukrainian nationalists fled south toward the Ukrainian-controlled village of Sidorovo, according to the Russian MoD.
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Ukrainian nationalists set the Svyatogorsk monastery on fire.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukrainian nationalists set fire to a wooden monastery as they fled from Svyatogorsk on Saturday.
"Ukrainian nationalists on June 4 set fire to a wooden monastery of the Svyatogorsk Dormition Laura as Ukraine’s 79th air assault brigade retreated from the town of Svyatogorsk of the Donetsk People’s Republic," the Ministry said in a statement.
After completing the arson, the Ukrainian nationalists fled south toward the Ukrainian-controlled village of Sidorovo, according to the Ministry.
Earlier, the head of the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Mikhail Mezintsev, announced that the neo-Nazis have mined containers that include a rare type of dangerous gas at a chemical plant in Lysechhansk. They held employees and civilians hostage to pin the blame on Russia.
Earlier, the Russian Armed Forces announced destroying a large batch of weapons and military equipment being delivered from the USA and European countries to a group of Ukrainian troops near the Malin railway station in Zhytomir Region using high-precision, long-range sea-based Kalibr missiles.
