Parents of soldiers demand to exchange Onufriy for the wounded after the terrorist attack in Olenivka

Demand to exchange Onufriy for wounded Ukrainian soldiers

According to glavcom.ua: The public organization 'Olenivka Community' has called for the exchange of the head of the Moscow church in Ukraine, Onufriy, for injured Ukrainian servicemen affected during the terrorist attack in Olenivka. This was reported by 'Gorod' citing the organization's statement.

In particular, the statement says that depriving Onufriy of Ukrainian citizenship creates the possibility for his exchange or indicates readiness for this step. 'Olenivka Community' called for the return of all Ukrainian war prisoners after the tragedy in Olenivka through negotiations and actions of Ukrainian special services.

The idea of exchanging representatives of the Moscow church for wounded Ukrainian soldiers was previously proposed by the public organization 'Olenivka Community'.

It should be noted that on July 2, the Security Service of Ukraine revoked Onufriy's Ukrainian citizenship. It was established that the metropolitan obtained Russian citizenship back in 2002, not informing Ukrainian authorities about it.

Later Onufriy affirmed that besides his Ukrainian passport, he has no other documents and has never considered himself a citizen of Russia.

Terrorist attack in Olenivka prison

In July 2022, Russian occupiers organized a terrorist attack in Olenivka prison in the occupied territory of the Donetsk region. During the explosion, 54 members of 'Azov' were killed, and another 130 were injured and received treatment. In confirmation, the United Nations has acknowledged that this act was a planned attack by Russia.

After the terrorist attack in Olenivka prison, the public organization 'Olenivka Community' calls to exchange Onufriy for the wounded Ukrainian soldiers who suffered as a result of this tragedy. It is also emphasized that the deprivation of Onufriy's Ukrainian citizenship opens the possibility for further exchange, but Onufriy himself claims he has always considered himself only a citizen of Ukraine.