Senior UN officials on Sunday condemned the deadly Russian missile strikes in the Ukraine city of Odesa which damaged several historic buildings.
Over the past week, Russia has carried out aerial attacks on Odesa and two other port cities, Chornomorsk and Mykolaiv, since terminating the landmark Black Sea Initiative on grain and fertiliser exports.
International media reported that at least one person was killed and more than 20 wounded in Sunday’s attack.
The attack also damaged significant cultural sites in Odesa, including the Transfiguration Cathedral, the first and foremost Orthodox church in the city.
The Cathedral was founded in 1794 and is located in the Historic Centre of Odesa.
It was inscribed on the World Heritage List in January and maintained by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the attack, his spokesperson said in a statement.
“In addition to the appalling toll the war is taking on civilian lives, this is yet another attack in an area protected under the world Heritage Convention in violation of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict,” it said.
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Guterres also expressed concern about the war’s increasing threat to Ukrainian culture and heritage.
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