Kiev’s ‘incompetence’ to blame for damage to Odessa cathedral – Moscow
The largest Orthodox church in the city was likely hit by a Ukrainian missile, the Russian military has said
© Odessa regional administration / Telegram
Ukrainian claims that the largest Orthodox cathedral in the port city of Odessa was severely damaged by a Russian missile strike are completely false, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said, adding that it was likely hit by Kiev’s own air defense systems.
In a statement on Sunday, the ministry said that “the information disseminated by the Kiev regime about the Transfiguration Cathedral in the city of Odessa being hit by [Russian] high-precision weapons does not correspond to reality.” It added that all Russian strikes successfully hit military facilities in the region that were located “at a safe d...










