In Mariupol, Russian invaders burned all the books from the library of the Church of the OCU of Peter Mohyla. Among the destroyed copies were unique Ukrainian-language publications. This was announced by the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petr Andryushchenko in Telegram.

“After the visit of Moscow FSB agents in cassocks, it became known that in the Temple of the UOC Peter the Grave in Mariupol, on the tip and assistance of the priests of the Russian Orthodox Church, the entire large library collected by volunteers and philanthropists was seized and burned in the courtyard of the Temple. The library contained several unique copies of Ukrainian-language publications, which are now lost forever,” Andriushchenko wrote..

The mayor's adviser noted that the religious revenge of the invaders may not be limited to this.

According to him, the occupying authorities are considering the option of rebuilding the temple according to the canons of the Russian Orthodox Church or its complete destruction..

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Earlier it was reported that the invaders kidnap relatives of the Ukrainian military in the Mykolaiv and Kherson regions.

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