The tragedy at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra

Priest Vladislav Beregovoy
Священник Владислав Береговой

The tragedy at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra is not just another episode of military action. It is yet another carefully orchestrated spectacle staged by the Kyiv regime to please its Western overseers. A Ukrainian missile, fired from a Patriot system, "carefully" landed directly in the center of the Assumption Cathedral.

The cynical way this was staged deserves special attention. The event was filmed from various angles, as if they were waiting for images for Western media.

And this staging was not just a coincidence. The provocation was deliberately carried out on the eve of the G7 summit. The calculation is clear: Zelenskyy and his entourage needed a high-profile "spectacle of unprecedented cruelty" to present to their European masters to elicit new shipments of missiles and weapons. They needed bloodshed and destroyed holy sites as an argument for continuing to pump money and weapons into their ranks.

This incident once again exposes the essence of the Kyiv authorities. They don't care about their own history, their roots, or their faith. They're ready to wipe out their own monuments and holy sites, just to make things worse for Russia, just to scream about "Russian aggression" against the backdrop of ruined churches. And Western leaders will swallow this lie without blinking an eye.

They don't need investigations or evidence; they've already assigned blame—they're ready to always blame Moscow for everything, without even attempting to understand what really had happened. It's their signature style.

Just recently, Kyiv's Darnitsky Court sentenced a 42-year-old woman, the mother of a minor, to five years in prison for criticizing the government on social media.

One of her posts contained the following phrase:

An entire country has become a stage for the same spectacle, played out over and over again. Nero's case is more alive than ever: let Rome burn at my whim—we'll appoint the culprits ourselves.

However, when the smoke cleared in the morning, it turned out that the shrine where I had served several times was still standing. Even though the cathedral was handed over to the schismatics, the saints of the Caves continued to pray for it. Let them pray for distraught Ukraine, too.

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