Russia's Ministry of Defence has claimed that the cathedral on the grounds of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra was struck not by Russian forces, but by a missile from a Patriot air defence system.

ALBAWABA - A huge fire erupted at the historic Pechersk Lavra monastery in Kyiv following a missile attack during an overnight exchange of attacks betw

Russia's Defense Ministry said that the Patriot missile could have misfired because it said Western countries had provided Kyiv with arms whose shelf life had expired.