Volunteers and priests have rallied to clean up Kyiv's Dormition Cathedral, which still smelled of smoke from a massive blaze caused by a Russian drone strike. The cleanup was in preparation for an anniversary celebration.

Pro-Russian accounts have circulated AI-generated images of a fire at the Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv on social media, falsely presenting them as evidence of Ukraine's alleged involvement in the destruction of the World Heritage site.

Kyiv and other regions of Ukraine faced another large-scale Russian air attack overnight, with the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage site, among the targets. The roof of its 11th-century Dormition Cathedral caught fire.

The vicar of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra stated that an assessment of the damage to cultural artifacts within the Dormition Cathedral will proceed once the premises have sufficiently dried out.

The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery celebrates its 975th anniversary, having endured centuries of conflict, with its history now marked by a recent Russian attack in June that damaged the Dormition Cathedral.

Conservation works have been completed on the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, which was damaged by a Russian drone attack, and the cathedral is now being prepared for restoration.

Clergymen and rescuers are frantically working to save relics from Kyiv’s Dormition Cathedral as flames tear through its roof, shrouding the historic site in thick, black smoke.

Restoration work has commenced at the Kharkiv Art Museum following damage from a Russian strike, while power has been restored to the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra after a separate attack on June 15.

Pro-Kremlin social media users are disseminating AI-generated images as 'proof' to falsely accuse Ukraine of causing a fire at the Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv, a UNESCO World Heritage site.