Vladimir Putin’s political hero Pyotr Stolypin — a reforming prime minister of the Russian empire - is buried in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. That wasn’t enough to protect one of Orthodox Christianity’s most sacred sites from a Russian drone attack.
The burning Dormition Cathedral of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra during a Russian strike on Kyiv, on June 15. Photographer: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP