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Ukraine's Zelensky says Russia destroying World Heritage Sites in Odesa

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Ukraine's Zelensky says Russia destroying World Heritage Sites in Odesa

Ukraine's Zelensky says Russia destroying World Heritage Sites in Odesa

Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky says that Russian strikes on Odesa were destroying the port city's historic city centre, designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

"On this night alone in Odesa, nearly 50 buildings were damaged, 25 of them architectural monuments," Zelensky says, adding that the altar of the Transfiguration Cathedral had been hit.

Moscow denies targeting the cathedral.


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