Tikhanovskaya: Those who claim adherence to "spiritual values" bring rockets and fire to holy places
The leader of democratic forces of Belarus condemned Russia's night strike on Kyiv, as a result of which the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra burned .
"Today, as a result of Russia's barbaric attack on Ukraine, numerous civilians were killed and wounded, and the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra was set on fire — one of the holiest places of our common history.
The Lavra is not just stones and walls. It is memory, faith, culture, and the cradle of Christianity in our region, a place where a spiritual tradition originated, uniting Ukrainians and Belarusians for centuries. Those who claim adherence to "spiritual values" bring rockets and fire to holy places. This is the true face of the empire.
Belarusians are in solidarity with Ukraine, with all victims, and with all who defend the right of our peoples to their history and future," she wrote on X.