PREVIEW

Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Film Studio Director General Andrii Donchyk, Director General of the Mystetskyi Arsenal National Cultural, Art and Museum Complex Olesia Ostrovska-Liuta, Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy of Ukraine and Minister of Culture of Ukraine Tetiana Berezhna (L to R) and Director General of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra National Preserve Maksym Ostapenko (R) hold a briefing on the consequences of the Russian attack on cultural heritage sites at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra National Reserve, Kyiv, Ukraine, June 16, 2026. During the briefing, speakers presented the first results of the damage assessment, outlined the losses, priority measures to eliminate the consequences, and further steps to restore the affected facilities. On the night of June 15, Russian troops launched a massive combined strike on the Ukrainian capital. At least five facilities of national importance and several of local significance sustained damage, including the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the Ukraina National Palace of Arts, the costume shop of the Dovzhenko Film Studio, and the Mystetskyi Arsenal National Cultural, Art and Museum Complex.