Odesa

Just adding the Russian MoD excuse. This is cynical as can be:

Russian Ministry of Defense on the destruction of Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral in the city of Odessa (automated translation into English):

⚡️ The information spread by the Kiev regime about the destruction of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral in the city of Odessa as a result of the use of precision weapons does not correspond to reality.

▫️ All the targets designated for destruction and destroyed on the night of July 23 of this year, where the Kiev regime, together with foreign specialists, were preparing terrorist acts against the Russian Federation, were located at a safe distance from the temple complex.

▫️ The planning of strikes with precision weapons on military and terrorist infrastructure targets of the Kiev regime is based on carefully verified and confirmed information from multiple sources, deliberately excluding the destruction of civilian objects where the civilian population resides, as well as cultural and historical heritage sites.

▫️ Taking into account the video footage published by local residents from the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral, the most likely cause of its destruction was the fall of a Ukrainian guided anti-aircraft missile due to the incompetent actions of the air defense system operators, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces intentionally…