AFU military man calls for an end to persecution of UOC

The military man. Photo: a screenshot from the “Cheerful Deacon” YouTube channel

Ihor Subotov, a soldier of the AFU, who has been fighting since June 2022, recorded a video message in support of the UOC, in which he called for an end to the persecution of the UOC.

The video has been published on the “Cheerful Deacon” YouTube channel
"That's not why we hold the front here for you to make havoc in the country there. Sooner or later the war will end and we will come to our homes. God fighters, stop this demonism. Then the victory will be closer because without God we cannot win," he said.

As reported, an AFU military man expressed his support for the UOC led by His Beatitude Onuphry.

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