Military priest Antoniy Savchenko has been killed while performing pastoral duties in the Special Operations Zone. This was announced by the synodal department for interaction with the Russian Armed Forces and law-enforcement agencies of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC).
“It is with deep sorrow that we inform you that on 12 May a full-time military priest, Priest Savchenko, was tragically killed while performing his pastoral duties in the SMO zone. Father Anthony was killed as a result of a HIMARS MLRS strike,” the statement reads.
The department said that Anatoly Savchenko was the rector of the church of Holy Prince Dmitry Donskoy at military unit No. 64044 and a cleric of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Pskov.
We shall remind you that earlier, a teenager was injured as a result of a drone strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the village of Borki in Valuyskiy district.
