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Russia denies targeting Kyiv cathedral, says hit by US-made air-defence Patriot missile
Moscow, June 15 (AFP) Jun 15, 2026
Russia on Monday denied targeting a landmark cathedral in Kyiv in an overnight barrage on the Ukrainian capital, saying the UNESCO-protected site was hit with a US-made air-defence Patriot missile instead.

"According to confirmed reports, the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra complex was hit by a missile from an American Patriot anti-aircraft missile system. One of the reasons for the system's malfunction could have been that Western countries supplied the Kyiv regime with expired missiles," Russia's defence ministry said in a statement.


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