Odessa, a critical southern port city, has been under nightly missile attacks since Russia’s president last week canceled a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey.
ODESSA, Ukraine — If the largest cathedral in this besieged port city survived Joseph Stalin, it will survive Vladimir Putin, said Myroslav Vdodovych, the chief priest of Transfiguration Cathedral, less than a day after a barrage of Russian missiles ripped the church apart alongside 24 other architectural monuments across the city.
The Kremlin had threatened for months to kill the deal and finally did so last week, days after Ukraine carried out a strike on the Crimean Bridge, destroying part of its roadway with an attack using naval drones.The latest wave of Russian strikes in Ukraine destroyed grain warehouses along the Danube River on Monday, an export route that has become more important since the demise of the deal allowing Ukraine to ship its grain through the Black Sea.
The Transfiguration Cathedral was first destroyed in 1936 during a Stalinist campaign to rid the Soviet Union of religion. “They tried to blow it up multiple times, but the walls were so thick they couldn’t do it,” said Vdodovych, the chief priest.
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