A culturally significant church in Ukraine was damaged by Russian shelling on Thursday.
also struck a trolleybus and injured four other people, according to the prosecutor general’s office.
The cathedral, built in 1781, is one of Kherson’s most notable buildings and formerly served as the burial site of Prince Grigory Potemkin, an 18th century Russian commander who exerted control over southeastern regions of modern Ukraine and the illegally annexed Crimean Peninsula. He was once believed to have erected fake settlements dubbed “Potemkin villages” to impress Russian Empress Catherine the Great as she traveled through the region.
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