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Media: Priest kidnapped in Russian-occupied Kherson.

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Serhii Chudynovych, an Orthodox Church of Ukraine priest, was abducted right from the church, according to local media outlet Vgoru. Three men who introduced themselves as “police officers” searched the church, checked his documents and messenger apps before driving him in an unknown direction. Russian forces had previously kidnapped several officials in Kherson Oblast.

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