Tkachenko calls seizures of buildings 68,115 "derussification of the Lavra"
Employees of the Ministry of Culture derussify Lavra pastries. Photo: Tkachenko’s telegram
On July 11, 2023, the head of the Ministry of Culture, Oleksandr Tkachenko, stated in his telegram channel that “today the Commission of the Reserve has inspected and sealed 2 buildings: church store No. 68, shopping pavilion No. 115.”
The minister also posted a video in which some people remove and drop the sign "Lavra’s pastry" on the ground.
Earlier, the UOJ wrote that on July 11, special forces with machine guns blocked buildings 54 and 58 of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
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