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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Hanna Arhirova

RARE PHOTOS: Kyiv monks accused of russia links refuse eviction order | Rare Historical Photos

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Orthodox monks who've been ordered out of a monastery in Kyiv refused to leave on Wednesday, as a deadline to vacate the complex expired.

The dispute over the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, Ukraine's most revered Orthodox site, is part of a wider religious conflict playing out in parallel with the war.

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