Landmark Kyiv cathedral feels bomb reverberations

A manager at a UNESCO world heritage site in Kyiv says bombings in the capital are being felt in the landmark building and could threaten its foundations.

“We and the landmark feel the vibrations,” said Vadim Kyrylenko, an engineer who now is the most senior on-site manager at the St. Sophia Cathedral.

He said that since the beginning of the war, the landmark, similar to all other historical landmarks across Kyiv, shut its doors to visitors.

The construction of the Cathedral dates back nearly 1,000 years to the dawn of Christianity in the region and it is religiously significant to both Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox churches. UNESCO has called for its protection.