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On April 21, Kiev reported that it had exchanged two priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) for Ukrainian servicemen released from the Russian captivity.
The swap was reported by the head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Malyuk in his interview with Ukrainian media. Malyuk stressed that one of the priests was exchanged for 28 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). No other details were provided.
In its turn, the Russian side did not officially comment of the exchange.
In early April, Vice-President of the Russian division of the International Committee for the Protection of Human Rights addressed Tatiana Moskalkova, the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, with a request to take measures for the exchange of two clergymen of the UOC which is currently persecuted by the Kiev regime.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) arrested two Orthodox priests on suspicion of the alleged espionage in favor of Russia. They are the rector of the Novograd-Volynsky temple in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine, Yuri Mironets, and the rector of the temple in the village of Deptovka in the Sumy region of Ukraine, Alexander Boyko. The priests “have been held in various pre-trial detention centers in Ukraine for many months,” where they suffered torture and their lives and health are reportedly in danger. The priests were threatened with up to 15 years in prison.
So far, the names of the exchanged priests have not been revealed; but the exchange could be linked to the recent demand of the Russian human rights defender.
Despite the fact that the UOC declared its independence from the Moscow Patriarchate and condemned the military actions, the Kiev regime did not stop the persecution of the true Orthodox church throughout the country. The SBU, with the support of Nazi-inspired activists, destroyed temples, expelled believers and priests from churches, conducted searches in temples, etc. The battle between Orthodox believers and the Kiev regime continues in the main Ukrainian shrine, the Kiev Pechersk Lavra.
Russia, which today is fighting in the name of God, defending Orthodoxy, has become the main fortress against the satanic West. The decision to save the lives of two Orthodox priests is a clear example of the values that the Russian military is fighting for today.
Moreover, Kiev’s statements confirm that Russian troops have captured so many Ukrainian servicemen on the front line that this allows Moscow to agree to some unequal exchanges. However, Kiev’s reports are yet to be confirmed.
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“one of the priests was exchanged for 28 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU)”
Ukroid propaganda most likely. Otherwise, it’s insane.
If true it would be confirmed by russian government and ministries. So I don’t believe it without proof.
Wow, that is the stupidest thing ever if true. Who gives a shit about orthodox priests. They are the most worthless priests ever
Yes my Jesuit choir boy, your catholic pedo padre is more worthy. Now go gargle his holly water.
That’s impious.
Jesus that’s a poor deal !
This only makes the kidnapping of more priests more likely and because Russia agreed to the swap it paints the priests as spies in the eyes of every Ukrainian
Of all Russian fuckups in this war these bs exchanges are probably the most irritating. First they gave 200 azovnazis for one politician, now 30 soldiers for one priest??
Stalin refused to exchange his son ffs!
Toto malo podľa mňa iba jeden cieľ. A síce zahrať na city veriacich. Myslím, že sa tento zámer RF podaril a zároveň i vyplatil. Koľko ľudí teraz na Ukrajine pochopí, že RF bojuje za správnu vec? Koľko veriacich si uvedomí, čo kto pácha a robí v tomto konflikte? Fašisti kňazov väznia a mučia a RF ich oslobodzuje aj za cenu toho, že musela za nich vymeniť vojakov. A hlavne teraz bola veľká noc. Tá symbolika sa tu nedá nijako prehliadnuť!!! Poznáte predsa ten príbeh z BIBLIE, či nie? Ako si pontský Pilát umýva ruky na Ježišom Kristom. Vtedy dav žiadal o prepustenie vraha Barnabáša a nie spasiteľa Ježiša Krista.
The AIDS brain damaged LGBTQ+++++ ukroshits have no limits..the final goal is the total abolition of religion, any religion, other than satanism/depravation. First step is to cancel the primordial orthodox one by switching it to some mystic orthodox surrogate prefabricating a war good reason motif and using all kicked out orthodox pedophiles priests (do you see something copy-paste with the west catholicism issue ?) as new representatives. Finally, they will be banned as well and the globalist shit who runs now Ukropizdan will instate a religion free country/shithole.
I must say, every Ukrainian I’ve met personally in the last few decades has been a total arsehole.
It seems this is a cultural thing.
Two priests for “dozens” of Ukrainian POW’s. Not a fair exchange, but then again, fair dealings is not one of Zelensky’s skills. Top on his list is playing the piano with his “appendage.”