A Priest of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCA), of that part, which refused to unite with the Moscow Patriarchate in 2007, has been in the location of a Ukrainian airborne battalion in the Donetsk region for few weeks now. He helps wounded and performs funeral services for the dead.
“Gunmen in Slovyansk hide mortars behind orthodox churches and shoot from there at positions of the Ukrainian Army. And when, in response, the Ukrainian artillery strikes on militants firing positions, naturally, it shells and sometimes damages churches,” the priest said on June 23.
