Denise Brown, the permanent coordinator of the UN in Ukraine, came to Odesa to document the consequences of Russia's attack on the historic center of the city.
This was reported by the Odesa City Council in Telegram.
Together with the leadership of the city and region Brown inspected the Transfiguration Cathedral that was damaged by a Russian missile on 23 July.
"This is another obvious violation of international humanitarian law, where civilians and civilian infrastructure, which is obviously destroyed, are not part of the war. Such buildings of cultural heritage site are key to Ukrainian identity and culture," said the permanent UN coordinator.
She emphasized that the cathedral belongs to the objects protected by UNESCO, so it is protected by the United Nations.
"It is important to document these attacks and the consequences of these attacks for responsible being prosecuted," Brown said.
On 23 July, Russia hit Odesa with missiles of various types of bases: "Kalibr", "Onyx", X-22, "Iskander-K" and "Iskander-M". Overall, the Russians fired 19 rockets, 9 of them were destroyed the air defence forces. As a result of shelling, 61 buildings were damaged, including 146 apartments.
According to preliminary estimate, 29 cultural heritage sites of national and local importance were also damaged. Among them is the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral. The Odesa diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church reported a direct hit to the central altar. As a result, the cathedral building was partially destroyed; three lower levels, the interior decoration and icons were significantly damaged. The service rooms of the lower part of the cathedral were completely destroyed.