Switzerland Providing over $700,000 to Restore Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra After Russian Attack

Switzerland to allocate about $730,000 for restoration of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra after Russian attack

Ukraine’s Acting Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha welcomed Switzerland’s decision to allocate about $730,000 for the restoration of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of Ukraine’s most important spiritual and cultural landmarks.

Switzerland providing over $700,000 to restore Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra after Russian attack

Switzerland will provide 600,000 Swiss francs ($730,000) through UNESCO to help preserve and restore the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, one of Ukraine's most important historic and religious symbols, damaged in a Russian attack in June, Swiss Federal Council Delegate Jacques Gerber announced on Aug. 16.

Russia burned 80% of this cathedral’s roof at UNESCO site with 975 years of history. Switzerland is giving $730,000 to rebuild it

As Russia damages Ukraine's holiest sites, other countries are paying to rebuild them. Switzerland will contribute about $730,000 to the preservation and restoration of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, whose Dormition Cathedral was damaged in a Russian strike two months ago, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on X. The gift is a piece of an international effort to protect the Ukrainian heritage that Russia is attacking. On the night of 15 Ju…