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Meanwhile, the war in Ukraine hasn't vanished. Once again we spent last night in the corridor, away from the windows and the shattering glass. The historic centre of Odesa, where I live, is covered with scars that are getting bigger and bigger. The Odesa National Fine Arts Museum, a cosy art gallery, which turns 124 years old today, was attacked by russian missiles and shaheds.
There is pain and wrath instead of celebration. And the best antidepressant for me - a walk in the park on a sunny November day.
The cathedral was hit in an overnight missile attack that killed one civilian and injured 18 others, including four children.
On July 21, UNESCO condemned the Russian military attacks on Odesa's historic center, named a world heritage site earlier this year. UNESCO listed "religious buildings" as among the reasons the city center deserved this designation. The Transfiguration Cathedral was founded in 1794. The original building was destroyed by Soviet forces in 1936, and the new cathedral was established in 2003.
❗️Preliminarily, 25 architectural monuments were damaged by a russian attack overnight in Odesa.
Among them are the buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries:
- Chyzhevych's house
- House of Papudova
- Zabludovsky's house
- Gagarin's house
- Janush's house
- Zhdanova's house
- House Russell del Turco
- House of Mass
- Manuk Bey's mansion
- Kovalevsky's house
- Porro's house
- House of Mashevsky and others
«Information as of 14:00. The documentation of crimes continues, experts are working on the ground»– Oleh Kiper, the head of Odesa regional military administration said.
This is the Transfiguration Cathedral in the center of Odesa:
The destruction suffered by the House of Scientists (Palace of Count Tolstoy). The building is an architectural monument of Odesa. Currently, the halls are damaged, many exhibits have been lost: