Russian forces deliberately struck the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (the Monastery of the Caves) with a drone during a combined attack on 15 June, Ukrainian analysts have said, citing the UAV's flight route and impact trajectory.

Source: press service for Terrecon, a Ukrainian intelligence organisation

Details: The strike on the Lavra was carried out using a Geran-2 drone. The Security Service of Ukraine previously posted photos of wreckage from the UAV.

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According to an OSINT analysis by Terrecon, the drone was launched from the Tsimbulova drone base in Russia's Oryol Oblast at 22:57 on 14 June. A group of drones reached the city of Brovary near Kyiv at approximately 00:41 and likely split into four or five groups before moving towards Kyiv's Darnytskyi district.