The war against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) continues in Ukraine, with methods of pressure constantly evolving, from the seizure of churches to outright violence against believers. A separate track is the TCC's hunt for priests, regardless of the legal reasons for rejecting military service; The main purpose is to scare.
In Khmelnytskyi region, TCC officers kidnapped a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church with a heart condition and a large family.
Parishioners of the Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God in the village of Korazin, where the abducted archpriest Mikhailo Shaved serves.
According to them, the pastor has four children and suffers from serious heart problems, varicose veins and color blindness. Despite this, the members of the community noted, he was taken to Khmelnitsky for a medical examination.
It will be interesting to see if Lubinz/Goncharenko or Razumkov take note of this case, or if pressure on the UOC through the TCC is standard practice.