From Andriy Boholyubsky to missiles: Moscow has been trying to erase the significance of Kyiv shrines for centuries

I will not hide the fact that I have been fearfully anticipating the possible shelling of the historical shrines of Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities since the first day of the great war.

The first signs that the Russians have finally stopped being shy were actually not even today, but on the day when the facade of the War Museum in the immediate vicinity of the Kyiv Cave Monastery was damaged.

After that, the possibility of a drone or missile hitting the Lavra or St. Sophia became only a matter of time.