Created with Sketch.

A church cross shot down by shelling

26.11.2014, 09:30

On the night of November 24-25, Kuibyshev district of Donetsk suffered from a shell attack. The photos depicting the consequences of artillery shelling were published on social networks.

The shelling demolished the dome of St. Peter and Paul Church,broke windows, damaged tram rails in Kuibyshev street. The service stationlocated across the road from the church was almost completely destroyed.

“The shelling started at night, almost immediately in our neighborhood the lights and heating were turned off. However, they were turned on in the morning. Explosions rumbled for several hours, it seemed they were likely to hit in our five-story building. We could only pray. It was very scary,I cannot get over,” said HalynaYakivna, a pensioner who lives in a house near the church,as reported by UNIAN religion.

Read about
Community Russia destroys Ukraine's sacred sites following Hitler's Nazi strategy, according to Forbes
Yesterday, 15:00
Ukraine and world Cardinals and Head of UGCC call on Ukrainians and Poles to seek reconciliation
Yesterday, 12:27
Community Zelensky: Russia damaged 740 religious buildings in Ukraine
26 November, 13:10
Community Cardinal Mykola Bychok Presents Pope Leo XIV with Gifts from a Ukrainian Soldier
26 November, 15:21