He led a service after the Russian Orthodox Church leaders decided to take away his title as a priest because he prayed for peace in Ukraine. In Antalya, Turkey, the Reverend Ioann Koval stood in an old Orthodox church with a Bible and a candle. Moscow took over Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, eight years before President Vladimir Putin ordered a large invasion of Russia's neighbouring country in February of last year.Ī few Russian Orthodox priests are openly disagreeing with their leader's support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine - and they're facing negative consequences. Ukraine rarely admits to being responsible for these attacks in public, but they have stated that destroying Russia's military equipment is important for their defence. There has been an increase in drone attacks on areas controlled by Russia in Ukraine and even inside Russia itself since a drone was destroyed above the Kremlin in early May. Officials responsible for transportation in Crimea informed people on Telegram that traffic on the Crimean Bridge, connecting the Black Sea peninsula to the Russian region of Krasnodar, was halted for around two hours starting at 1.30am. Governor of Crimea, said that their defence systems were used to stop the attack in different places on the peninsula. Sergei Kryuchkov, an adviser to the Russia-installed Reported attacks on the Russian-annexed peninsula. It was not immediately clear what was targeted in the Reuters news agency could not independently verify the report. Six were suppressed by electronic warfare. It said 14 drones were destroyed by air defence systems and ![]() ![]() There were no casualties and no damage as a result of theĪttempted attack, the ministry said on the Telegram messaging ![]() Drones launched onto the Crimean Peninsula early on Saturday,
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