Ballistic shelling of Kiev: what the church of St. Nicholas looks after the attack of the Russian Federation (photo)

In the photo from the scene we see that the building stood during the shelling, but there is damage to the facade. In particular, the explosive wave trumped a large color stained glass window, knocked out windows. Photos of damage appeared in the Telegram channel of the Kyiv Military City Administration (KMVA). The post that refers to the consequences of Russian shelling appeared on the network 10:40.

It is stated that the blow of the Russian Federation caused damage to buildings in Holosiivskyi district. Among the photo is the image of St. Nicholas Church, located on Veliky Vasylkivska Street. We see the terrain covered with fragments of building materials that flew away from neighboring structures. The central stained glass was in the frame, in which almost half of the rocks were knocked out. More details about the condition of St.

Nicholas Church can be seen on the Facebook page of the Roman Catholic Parish of Kyiv. The post contains a stained glass from a different perspective - you can see how a pattern was laid out of small colored rocks, and how some of the fragments that are lying on the floor were knocked out. The other photo is the upper part of the church and narrow tall windows, of which the explosive wave knocked out all the windows.

"There were windows around the temple in the towers, some stained glass windows fell . . . The windows were flying on the towers that are so waiting for the return of crosses," the parishioners say. The abbot of the church of St. Nicholas Father Pavel Vyshkovsky Omi - his words were given in a Facebook post. He first noted that the church was still not too good, but gradually recovered. "I watches with sadness, how ruthlessly destroys our church. Today he suffers from Russian missiles.

The enemy plunders the sacred for us Ukrainians. But I do not lose hope that the parish will be returned and the temple will be returned in Kiev," the priest said. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on December 20 launched five ballistic missiles "Iscander-M" in Ukraine, the Air Force reported. The rockets were knocked down, but there are destruction in Kiev in Kiev, said in the military administration.

The explosive wave and the fall of debris damaged more than 600 apartment buildings, there is also destruction in schools, hospitals, kindergartens. In addition, there are dozens of wounded. One person was killed, the mayor Vitaliy Klitschko confirmed. St. Nicholas Church is a Roman Catholic church built in Kiev until 1917 (one of two). Construction work was carried out for 10 years - from 1899 to 1909.

During the USSR, there was a warehouse in the premises first, then there were antennas for the muffling of Western radio stations, and subsequently placed an organ hall, and during the independence of Ukraine began to send Catholic priests and, at the same time, conducted concerts of the National House of Organ and Chamber Music. In the social networks and on the Vatican portal and Pope Francis, there are still no comments on damage to the Catholic temple as a result of the Russian Federation.