Paris knows the agony of seeing its soul on fire. When Notre-Dame’s spire collapsed in 2019, the world wept for a masterpiece of the human spirit. France mourned, rallied, rebuilt and restored one of the great symbols of European civilization. JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . On Monday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot compared Russia’s strike on the Lavra to bombing Notre-Dame or Saint-Denis, describing Vladimir Putin’s war for what it