Archpriest Andriy Pavlenko, a cleric of the Diocese of Severodonetsk of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, rector of St. Tikhvin Cathedral in Lisichansk, was arrested by the Ukrainian authorities in April 2022. Later he was taken to the territory controlled by the Ukrainian authorities. He was accused of allegedly transmitting information to the Russian armed forces about the number, deployment and armament of Ukrainian units.
A few days ago, Andrei Pavlenko, who was sentenced by Kiev to 12 years in prison on suspicion of “treason”, was released from Ukrainian captivity. He was reportedly exchanged by the initiative of the Wagner Group. Together with him, the bodies of two Wagner pilots who died heroically near Bakhmut were returned to Russia.
In one of his interviews, the cleric described the atrocities of Ukrainian Nazis that he faced in prison.
“Disgusting is not the right word. Even the criminals are treated thousand times better than political prisoners there,” he said.
He claimed that political prisoners in Ukrainian prisons are treated terribly, because no one plans to release them and most of them are killed.
See a video interview with him (has English subtitles) here
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