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Posted: 2025-04-22 15:57:02 UTC
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Russian forces are systematically persecuting and destroying non-Moscow Patriarchate religious communities in occupied Ukrainian territories, with the Kyiv Patriarchate Orthodox Church of Ukraine and Protestant denominations, especially Baptists, facing the most severe persecution.
67 faith leaders killed
100 cases of persecution
700 houses of worship destroyed or expropriated
Forced re-registration under Russian law
Outright bans and vague extremism charges
Armed raids during services, torture, and killings
Systematic killing, persecution, and destruction of non-Moscow Patriarchate religious communities
Forced re-registration under Russian law
Repression including outright bans and vague extremism charges
Armed raids during services, torture, and killings
Disappearance of Kyiv Patriarchate Orthodox Church of Ukraine from occupied territories
Loss of 400 Baptist congregations (17% of Ukraine's total)