< p _ngcontent-sc86="" class="news-annotation">A priest of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate will be tried for cooperation with the Russian occupiers. He leaked data on the movement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Severodonetsk, Lugansk region.
Currently, the priest is in custody. He was charged with collaborative activities, the Luhansk regional prosecutor's office reports.
A cassocked collaborator faces up to 15 years in prison
According to the investigation, from the middle On April 2022, the clergyman collected information for representatives of the army of the aggressor country on the number, deployment, equipment, and weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Severodonetsk and in the villages adjacent to the city. He transmitted information to the enemy via telegrams.
The information received was used by the enemy to determine targets and their subsequent fire damage, law enforcement officers noted.
It is known that with At the beginning of the occupation of part of the Luhansk region by Russia, the priest regularly traveled to the occupied territory, and after a full-scale invasion, he buried, in particular, the dead Severodonetsk residents, on whom he directed enemy artillery.
The accused was detained at the end of April. He is currently in custody. The collaborating priest faces up to 15 years in prison.
Recall, Verkhovna Rada Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk noted that the parliament is working to prevent collaborationism in Ukraine. The people's representatives are doing their best to put safeguards on collaborationism for the future.
