In Kyiv, the Security Service detained a “priest” with the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine who is believed to have been passing to the invaders tips about the Ukrainian defense tactics and military maneuvers.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s according to the Spiritual Front of Ukraine’s sources.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday in Kyiv, the SBU detained ROC \u2018priest\u2019 Onufriy, who holds a Ukrainian passport and goes by the name of Serhiy Valeryevich Tarasov, born on August 26, 1969. This ROC cleric had been keeping at home weapons, explosives, and symbols of the Russian Empire. Tarasov had passed on to the occupiers intelligence about the movement of the Ukrainian military and the tactics applied by the Armed Forces,” the statement said.<\/p>\n
In turn, his Russian handlers informed him of the time the invaders would be raiding Kyiv and the number of forces set to be involved in the attack.<\/p>\n
For the assistance provided, the cleric received money from his Russian supervisors. The pay was in Russian rubles.<\/p>\n\r\n