During the last two days, 20-21 July, the Russian military has broken the Mykola Kulish Theatre and the Greek Sophia Church in Kherson.

Supply: Kherson Oblast Navy Administration; Ihor Tsurkan, govt director of the Kherson League of Social Employees

Particulars: The Mykola Kulish Theatre, one of many largest theatres in Ukraine’s south, was hit by the Russians at round 14:10 on 21 July. A projectile broken the constructing's facade. No civilians had been injured or killed.

Damaged home windows within the theatre Picture: Kherson Theatre on Fb Particles close to the theatre after the assault Picture: Kherson Theatre on Fb

The theatre reported {that a} column, the principle entrance and three home windows within the theatre café had been additionally broken.

Damaged home windows within the theatre Picture: Kherson Theatre on Fb

The Mykola Kulish Theatre in Kherson has run the Melpomene of Tavria theatre competition since 1999. The theatre has continued to function in different cities in Ukraine because the begin of the full-scale invasion.

In March 2022, Oleksandr Knyha, director of the Kherson Music and Drama Theatre, was kidnapped by Russian troopers. He was later launched and left for Ukrainian-controlled territory. He was changed by a person who had beforehand been a safety guard.

On 20 July, Russian troops hit the territory of the Greek Sophia Church.

Images present a constructing positioned on the church's territory with smashed home windows, burnt partitions and a destroyed roof. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church stories that the hit prompted wood cells to catch hearth and burn to the bottom.

A burnt-out space close to the church in Kherson Picture: Ihor Tsurkan on Fb That is what the burned constructing subsequent to the church appears to be like like Picture: Ihor Tsurkan on Fb

Inbuilt 1780, the Greek Sophia Church is the oldest church in Kherson. It was initially manufactured from wooden and later rebuilt in stone. The church was devoted to the Nativity of the Mom of God. The shrine is an architectural monument of nationwide significance.

The church has an ebony iconostasis handmade by Greek craftsmen.

The aftermath of the Russian assault on Kherson on 20 July Picture: Ihor Tsurkan on Fb

The Kherson Oblast Analysis Library notes that the church was constructed by the Greek group.

The library's official web site says: "The Greeks residing in Crimea petitioned Catherine II [the "Great" – ed.] to simply accept them as residents on the finish of the 18th century. They had been permitted to maneuver to what’s now territory of Ukraine. Some Greeks who settled in Kherson took an lively position within the building and enchancment of town. The Service provider's Vorstadt (suburb), town's central district, was often known as the Greek district, and Greek retailers lived there. The Greek Sophia Church was constructed and consecrated in 1780."

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