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A temple in the Tambov region caught fire after an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces

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In the Nikiforov district of the Tambov region, after an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the dome of the Church of St.
Nicholas the Wonderworker caught fire.
The fire was extinguished at a height of 40 meters, there is no information about casualties.

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The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker caught fire as a result of an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Nikiforovsky district of the Tambov region. The governor of the Russian region, Evgeny Pervyshov, announced this at an operational meeting, TASS reports.

He noted that the fire broke out last night. As Pervyshov clarified, the fire engulfed the dome of the temple.

“Thanks to the prompt actions of firefighters, the fire at a height of 40 meters was extinguished,” explained the Tambov governor. He did not provide information about the victims.

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