Kyiv conscription officers abduct UOC priest

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UOC priest Maksym Kostiuchenko. Photo: Pershyi Kozatskyi Telegram channel UOC priest Maksym Kostiuchenko. Photo: Pershyi Kozatskyi Telegram channel

TRC officers reportedly abducted Maksym Kostiuchenko, a cleric of a UOC church in the Ukrainian capital.

On October 22, 2026, officers of a Territorial Recruitment Center (TRC) abducted Ukrainian Orthodox Church priest Maksym Kostiuchenko in Kyiv, according to the Pershyi Kozatskyi Telegram channel.

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Protodeacon Viktor Dudnichenko of the Kremenchuk Diocese of the UOC was forcibly mobilized and sent to a military unit in the Chernihiv region.

The priest serves at the capital’s Church of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark. Details and circumstances of his abduction remained unknown at the time of publication.

As a reminder, the UOJ Telegram channel published a guide outlining step-by-step actions to take during the first three hours following an unlawful mobilization.

Earlier, the UOJ reported that a UOC hierarch had raised the issue of discriminatory mobilization practices in Ukraine at the United Nations.

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