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Ukraine: Pentecostal preacher and son tortured and killed after being taken by Russian soldiers

Ukraine: Pentecostal preacher and son tortured and killed after being taken by Russian soldiers
Anatoliy Prokopchuk and his son, Oleksandr | GIJN
ET staff writer
ET staff writer
28 December, 2022 2 min read

The bodies of a Ukrainian Pentecostal church deacon and his 19-year-old son have been discovered in a forest after they were allegedly abducted by Russian soldiers.

According to a report by Release International, the father and son had been tortured and killed four days after they disappeared.

The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group and the Global Investigative Journalism Network claim the pair were abducted by Russian soldiers at 7 p.m. on 22 November, while they were working in their garage close to Kherson.

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