Kyiv monks accused of Russia links refuse eviction order
Kyiv, Ukraine AP Orthodox monks who’ve been ordered out of a monastery in Kyiv refused to leave on Wednesday, as a deadline to vacate the complex expired. The dispute over the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, Ukraine’s most revered Orthodox site, is part of a wider religious conflict playing out in parallel with the war. A senior priest of the […]
Ukraine reclaims Kyiv cathedral amid church dispute
Kyiv, UkraineAP The Ukrainian Government has taken the main cathedral of the revered historic monastery from the church previously affiliated with Moscow’s patriarchate and allowed its Ukrainian rival to use it for Orthodox Christmas services. The move comes as the long-running tensions between the two churches exacerbated amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. A bird flies over […]
Rebuilding Ukraine after Russian invasion may cost $US350 billion, experts say
Washington DC, USReuters Russia’s invasion caused over $US97 billion in direct damages to Ukraine through to 1st June, but it could cost nearly $US350 billion to rebuild the country, a report released Friday by the World Bank, Ukrainian Government and European Commission shows. It said Ukraine had suffered $US252 billion in losses through disruptions to […]