From Euromaidan Press:
A Russian drone destroyed the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the village of Zakitne, Donetsk Oblast, by dropping an incendiary munition onto its roof on 30 May, Ukraine’s 81st Separate Airmobile “Slobozhansky” Brigade reported the following day.
Places of worship are protected sites under Article 53 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions. It explicitly prohibits committing acts of hostility against historic monuments, works of art, or places of worship, using them to support military efforts, or making them the object of reprisals. Chaplain who used to serve there: I hoped that the church in the village would stand to the end and that after liberation by our soldiers, I could return there, but the Russians… God will judge them,” Father Yaroslav, chaplain of the 81st Airmobile Brigade, said.
