“The fire occurred on the territory of the reserve, it is not a monastic territory. There are many such abandoned buildings in disrepair. The buildings of the monastery were not injured. There was no evacuation, ”Clement told RIA Novosti.
He added that he did not have data on the causes of fire.
Earlier, the State Service of Ukraine for Emergencies reported that a building had caught fire near the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.