Switzerland allocates CHF600,000 to restore Kyiv monastery

Switzerland will provide CHF600,000 ($737,000) to help secure and restore the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a historic 11th-century UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kyiv, Ukraine, damaged in a recent Russian air strike. The funding was announced in Kyiv on Saturday by Jacques Gerber, the Swiss government’s delegate for Ukraine, during events marking the monastic complex's 975th anniversary. The complex, also known as the Monastery of the Caves, is one of Ukraine's most important religious and cultural…