Chernobyl National Guard - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 02 Apr 2023 21:52:11 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Chernobyl National Guard - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 UGCC head prays for release of Chernobyl National Guardsmen https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/04/03/ugcc-head-prays-and-asks-for-release-of-chernobyl-national-guardsmen/ Mon, 03 Apr 2023 05:55:54 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=157436 For over a year, the National Guard, which defended the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, has been in Russian captivity. Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the fate of the defenders remains unknown. Thus, the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) asks the faithful to pray for their liberation. At the end of Read more

UGCC head prays for release of Chernobyl National Guardsmen... Read more]]> For over a year, the National Guard, which defended the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, has been in Russian captivity.

Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the fate of the defenders remains unknown. Thus, the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) asks the faithful to pray for their liberation.

At the end of March 2022, the invaders left the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and took 167 captured Ukrainian soldiers who guarded it with them. A year has passed since then — more than 9,408 hours of hell, severe abuse, and exhaustion in the dungeons of Russian torture chambers.

It has been more than a year of uncertainty for their families.

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