"According to preliminary information, the two-storey detached building, where the fire occurred, belongs to the monastery complex of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra," - noted in the department.

They added that the fire area is about 200 square meters.

In December 2018, in the Odessa region, unknown persons staged a pogrom in a church in the village of Semenovka, Belgorod-Dnestrovsky district. The attackers stole donations and desecrated church premises.