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"‘Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy.” The priest dabbed tears
from his eyes as his sonorous voice emerged from loudspeakers hastily assembled
outside his devastated cathedral, the incantation competing with the crash of
debris being loaded into trucks and the drilling of repair works on
neighbouring buildings.
This was the second time that the vast, sand-yellow Transfiguration Cathedral,
which sits in the heart of Odesa’s Unesco-listed historic centre, had been
attacked: in the 1930s, it was torn down during Joseph Stalin’s atheism drive.
On Sunday morning, the rebuilt version was hit during a Russian airstrike on
the city. A missile blew a large hole in the roof, collapsed the altar and left
several walls charred by fire.
It was one of several strikes on the southern port city in the early hours.
Schools, residential buildings and a revered 19th-century mansion also suffered
damage. One person was killed and 14 were hospitalised, the regional governor
said."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
