The Russian military bombed the historic Mount Athos Lavra

The Russian military bombed the historic Mount Athos Lavra, there are injured people, Ukrinform news agency reported.

“The occupiers fired on the Mount Athos Lavra in the Donetsk region,” a statement from the Ukrainian Border Service said.

The air attack was launched on March 12 at around 10:05 p.m. In addition to the monks, there were 520 refugees.

“The female corps was hit. The wounded and the dead are now being taken out from under the rubble, “said Vladimir Ribalkin, head of the local office of the Stop Corruption NGO.

Lavra monk Tikhon Skripchenko later explained that “Thank God, everyone is alive, but there are wounded and the children are scared“.

They were housed in the destroyed wing women and children.

“People came it is in the laurel with the hope of hiding from the horrors of war. What is going to happen now? If the power supply is not restored and we continue to be bombed, we will face a catastrophe. Now people are sitting in the dungeons, their brothers have provided them with water, the children have been given food, we are providing medical assistance, “the monk said on Facebook.

“I appeal to all those who can influence the situation – not to turn into a landfill the places where old people, women and children hidewhere there are centuries-old folk shrines! There are no soldiers at all on the territory of the Lavra and in Svetogorsk. “- calls the Venerable Tikhon Skripchenko.

The buildings of the monastery have suffered to varying degrees. Practically all the windows of the monastery complex are broken.

The Mount Athos Lavra is an Orthodox monastery with more than four centuries of history. 17 of the monks, served in the holy cloister for centuries, are canonized as saints. The Lavra is located on the right bank of the Seversky Donets River. It consists of above-ground buildings of caves.