So much for Putin's Orthodox Christian faith and attempts to own Ukraine's history. He'd never dare to touch the place if any of these things were true.

What an act of extreme weakness, these attacks cannot dismantle Ukraine and they are clearly being done to distract from the fact that Ukraine is dismantling russia.

"When Notre Dame burned in France, the whole world cried, people recorded videos, talked about what a tragedy it was," he said to the Kyiv Independent.

"But Notre Dame caught fire by accident. Here the situation is different. The Lavra did not catch fire by itself, it was set on fire. It was damaged by Russia. I want the world to open its eyes and start doing something more than just express concerns."