TCC personnel detain UOC priest in Vinnytsia region

In the Haisyn district of Vinnytsia region, personnel from the territorial recruitment center detained a clergyman of the Tulchyn diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Volodymyr Zadnepryanets.

According to local media, the cleric is being held at the center’s premises against his will.

“Employees of the Haisyn TCC abducted a clergyman of the Tulchyn diocese of the UOC, Father Volodymyr Zadnepryanets… Father Volodymyr continues to be held illegally.”

This message spread across Ukrainian Telegram channels covering the situation surrounding mobilization.

The incident in Vinnytsia region is not the only such case involving clergy. It was previously reported that in Cherkasy, TCC personnel mobilized a clergyman immediately after he had conducted a funeral at a cemetery.

In April, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has been subjected to pressure in Ukraine for more than ten years.