Russia on Monday denied targeting a landmark cathedral in Kyiv during an overnight barrage on the Ukrainian capital , instead claiming the UNESCO-protected site was hit by a US-made Patriot air defense missile. In a statement following the overnight strike, the Russian defense ministry claimed that the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra complex was struck not by Russian weapons, but by a US-supplied interceptor missile that “malfunctioned” during the attack. JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage of the war