Russia did not strike at the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odessa, it was destroyed by the missile of the Ukrainian air defense system (air defense). This was stated by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.
“Our armed forces never strike at social infrastructure or even more temples, churches and other similar objects, so we do not accept such accusations, this is an absolute untruth,” the representative of the Kremlin emphasized.
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According to him, “there we are talking about anti -missiles that were released and which themselves destroyed this temple.”
The Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba previously curled up that the Russians on the night of July 23 attacked the cult objects and structures of Odessa, which are under UNESCO guard.