UOC church in Dnipropetrovsk region village damaged in shelling
Damaged UOC church in Slavianka. Photo: UOC
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s Church of St. John the Theologian was severely damaged in a strike on the center of the village of Slavianka, Synelnykove district, Dnipropetrovsk region, according to the UOC’s Information and Education Department.
The attack, involving four guided aerial bombs, caused extensive damage to the church. Located in the heart of the village, the church occupies a historic late 19th-century building on the site of a former Cossack settlement.
As the UOJ previously reported, a drone strike damaged a UOC church in Cherevkivka, Donetsk region.
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