Church of the St. Alexander Nevsky the Right-Believing, Donetsk, Donetsk oblast

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Church of St. Alexander Nevsky the Right-Believing
General information
Building typechurch
LocationDonetsk, Donetsk Oblast
Religious affiliation*Orthodoxy (UOC MP)
Date of damage27 February 2022
Damage degreeslight
*as for moment of shelling

The church is located in the city of Donetsk, not far from Shchehlovskyi cemetery. The district is near the airport, so it has been under constant shellings since 2014. On February 27, 2022, the church came under artillery fire, as a result the bell tower, baptistery, fence and the church window panes were damaged. The walls of the church weredamaged by shell fragments.

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