DONETSK, August 23. /TASS/. Two clergymen were injured after a Ukrainian drone hit an area near the Epiphany Cathedral in Gorlovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), a TASS correspondent reported.

At the moment of the attack, the clergymen were at a parking lot in front of the church.

According to the DPR’s head, Denis Pushilin, two volunteers were also wounded in the attack.

"This is not a mere shelling attack. This is an attack on a holy site, on those who help people. Ukraine has once again exposed its inhumane nature by fighting against civilians," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

At least 250 drones destroyed over Russian territory since morning

Theu were intercepted over the regions of Arkhangelsk, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kirov, Kursk, Krasnodar, Oryol, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Tver, Tula, Ulyanovsk, the Moscow Region, the Republic of Crimea and the waters of the Black and Azov seas

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