UN Secretary General Of The Russian Missile Attack Condemns To Damage Cathedral

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JAKARTA - Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN)Antonio Guterres "thickly condemned" missile attacks by Russia into the port city of Ukraine,

"In addition to the terrible casualties as a result of the war that claimed the lives of civilians, this is another attack on an area protected by the World Heritage Convention, violating the 1954 Hague Convention for Cultural Property Protection in Armed Conflict Events," UN Secretary-General spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a written statement as reported by ANTARA from Anadolu, Monday, July 24.

Referring to data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) which has verified damage to 270 cultural sites in Ukraine, he said "The Secretary General is concerned about the threat this war poses to Ukraine's culture and heritage."

"The Secretary General urged the Russian Federation to immediately stop attacks on cultural properties protected by widely ratified international normative instruments," Dujarric added.

Ukraine said at least one person was killed and 22 others injured in last night's Russian missile attack inwa.

The Russian Ministry of Defense, in a statement, denied targeting an attack on the church and said the target was "under a safe distance from the church complex."

"The planned attack with high precision against the military and terrorist infrastructure of the Kiev regime is carried out based on information that is verified and confirmed carefully from various sources, and carefully excludes the destruction of civilian facilities and objects of cultural and historical heritage," the statement said.