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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the Transfiguration Cathedral was hit by a Kh-22, a Cold War-era missile. The early 19th-century cathedral was demolished in 1936 as part of Stalin's anti-religious campaigns and rebuilt when Ukraine gained independence from Moscow in 1991.
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The interior of the Transfiguration Cathedral damaged during a Russian missile strike in Odesa, Ukraine, July 23, 2023. REUTERS/Nina Liashonok
An aerial view of the Transfiguration Cathedral damaged by a Russian missile strike in Odesa, Ukraine, July 23. REUTERS/Yan Dobronosov
Volunteers remove debris inside of the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, Ukraine, July 23. REUTERS/Nina Liashonok
The Transfiguration Cathedral damaged during a Russian missile strike in Odesa, Ukraine, July 23. REUTERS/Nina Liashonok
Debris inside the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, Ukraine, July 23. REUTERS/Nina Liashonok
A believer reacts at the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, Ukraine, July 23. REUTERS/Nina Liashonok
The Transfiguration Cathedral damaged in Odesa, Ukraine, July 23. REUTERS/Nina Liashonok
Broken mosaics outside the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, Ukraine, July 23. REUTERS/Nina Liashonok
The Transfiguration Cathedral damaged in Odesa, Ukraine, July 23. REUTERS/Nina Liashonok
People remove debris at the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, Ukraine, July 23. REUTERS/Nina Liashonok
A man carries an icon inside the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, Ukraine, July 23. REUTERS/Nina Liashonok
The interior of the Transfiguration Cathedral damaged in Odesa, Ukraine, July 23. REUTERS/Nina Liashonok
The outside of the Transfiguration Cathedral damaged in Odesa, Ukraine, July 23. REUTERS/Serhii Smolientsev