Russia claims Dovzhenko Film Studios housed drone production, and Kyiv Pechersk Lavra was hit by Patriot missile
Russia's Ministry of Defence has claimed that the cathedral on the grounds of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra was struck not by Russian forces, but by a missile from a Patriot air defence system.
Source: Russian Ministry of Defence on Telegram
Details: The Russians claimed that "Western countries may have supplied the Kyiv regime with missiles whose service life had expired".
The Russian Ministry of Defence also said that the Oleksandr Dovzhenko Film Studios supposedly housed a "facility for the production and preparation of medium- and long-range UAVs".
Meanwhile, Tetiana Berezhna, Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy of Ukraine, previously reported that the largest and oldest costume collection in Ukraine had been destroyed on the studio grounds.
Background:
- As a result of the large-scale Russian missile attack on the night of 14-15 June, the Oleksandr Dovzhenko Film Studios and the Dormition Cathedral on the grounds of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery complex were among the sites damaged.
- Five people were killed in Kyiv in the attack.
- The Russians have been using photos of missile wreckage found in Ukraine to promote narratives claiming that Ukrainians had attacked themselves. Ukraine's Air Force has urged people not to post images of missile debris or other weapon fragments.
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