Restoration work begins on dome of St. Sophia’s Cathedral in Kyiv

Vadym Kyrylenko, First Deputy Director General of the National Conservation Area St. Sophia of Kyiv, announced the start of the work in a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports. “We are beginning emergency stabilization and restoration work on the southeastern dome of St. Sophia’s Cathedral. The last restoration was carried out in the 1970s. Work is currently underway to erect scaffolding and install a protective canopy needed for the restoration,” he wrote, adding that the work is being funded from the general fund and supported by benefactors. As reported, a Russian drone strike on the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) damaged St. Sophia of Kyiv.