A priest injured in an attack at a Polish monastery appealed on September 28, 2026 for the public not to blame Ukrainians, noting that Ukrainian refugees had received support from local residents since Russia's 2022 invasion. His statement sought to prevent retaliatory hostility toward the Ukrainian community.
A 31-year-old Ukrainian national stabbed a priest to death and wounded four others at an abbey in Jaroslaw, Poland, on September 24, 2026. The suspect entered Poland from Germany overnight and drove toward the border crossing; President Zelenskyy condemned the attack as 'a horrific crime.'
A knife attack at a Benedictine abbey in Jarosław, southern Poland on September 24 left one priest dead and at least four others injured. A male suspect from Ukraine was arrested at the scene; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack as a "horrific crime."
Myanmar's military conducted an airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in the central Sagaing region on August 21–22, 2026, killing 14 people, including three women, during a meditation retreat marking Buddhist Lent. Approximately 100 people were gathered at the monastery when the strike occurred.
Laura Loomer, a prominent ally of President Trump, met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv after dramatically reversing her years-long opposition to Ukraine. The reversal marks a significant shift in Loomer's previously stated positions on U.S. support for the conflict.