Russian missile strike damages Catholic church in Kyiv
December 24, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: A Russian missile strike shattered the stained-glass windows of St. Nicholas Church, a Roman-rite church in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. According to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, one person was killed and 12 were injured in the missile attacks, which also damaged six embassies.
The church plans to hold Christmas Masses despite the damage.
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, said that he prayed the Jesus Prayer in Greek during the attack.
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Posted by: Randal Mandock -
Today 10:15 AM ET USA
All the bloodshed on both sides could have been prevented in April 2022, a few weeks after the special military operation began, had the U.S. and UK honored the peace treaty that was initialed by both sides, but not signed due to U.S. pressure applied in person through the UK. A most sordid incitement to war by two outside belligerents who hate Russians with a passion. The fact that well over half a million Ukrainians have died demonstrates that these belligerents likewise hate Ukrainians.
