Large-scale Russian attack sparks fire at historic monastery and other sites in Ukraine, in photos

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Rescue workers try to put out a fire at the Dormition Cathedral of thousand-year-old Monastery of Caves, also known as Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, following a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Rescue workers try to put out a fire at the Dormition Cathedral of thousand-year-old Monastery of Caves, also known as Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, following a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Local residents gather near the entrance to a damaged residential building following an overnight Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)
Local residents gather near the entrance to a damaged residential building following an overnight Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)
Smoke raises above the city in sunrise following a Russian air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Smoke raises above the city in sunrise following a Russian air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Bishop Avraamiy, right, of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, looks at the burning Dormition Cathedral of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Monastery of the Caves, during a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Bishop Avraamiy, right, of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, looks at the burning Dormition Cathedral of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Monastery of the Caves, during a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A priest carries church inventory out of the burning Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Monastery of the Caves, during a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A priest carries church inventory out of the burning Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Monastery of the Caves, during a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A missile fragment lies on the street following Russia's air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo//Efrem Lukatsky)
A missile fragment lies on the street following Russia's air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo//Efrem Lukatsky)
FILE - The Assumption or Dormition Cathedral, the main Orthodox church of Kharkov rises above the center of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city in Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
FILE - The Assumption or Dormition Cathedral, the main Orthodox church of Kharkov rises above the center of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city in Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
Rescue workers tries to put out a fire at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Monastery of the Caves, following a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Rescue workers tries to put out a fire at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Monastery of the Caves, following a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
FILE - The Monastery of the Caves, also known as Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, one of the holiest sites of Eastern Orthodox Christians, in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
FILE - The Monastery of the Caves, also known as Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, one of the holiest sites of Eastern Orthodox Christians, in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
Firefighters put out a fire at a city marketplace following a Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo//Efrem Lukatsky)
Firefighters put out a fire at a city marketplace following a Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo//Efrem Lukatsky)
Local residents gather near the entrance to a damaged residential building following an overnight Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)
Local residents gather near the entrance to a damaged residential building following an overnight Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)
A damaged residential building is seen following an overnight Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)
A damaged residential building is seen following an overnight Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)
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By EFREM LUKATSKY, EVGENIY MALOLETKA and DANYLO ANTONIUK

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine on Monday killed rescue workers and sparked a fire Monday at one of the country’s most significant religious landmarks, a monastic complex of golden domes in the heart of Kyiv.

Flames and smoke rose from Dormition Cathedral of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Monastery of the Caves. Associated Press photographers documented rescue workers fighting the blaze as clerics looked on or tried to salvage objects from the centuries-old site.

The Russian attacks killed rescue workers in Kharkiv, a city in northeastern Ukraine, while many people were wounded in Kyiv, the capital, where residents sought shelter underground.

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