Moscow, September 18, 2014
"The Ukrainian military forces are shelling the Convent of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in Donetsk," reported the press service of the Donetsk Diocese on Thursday. "Churches and buildings of the monastery are being bombed,” reports the site.
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