Pticha village: a video of brutal attack on church by “Right Sector” and schismatics is published

Pticha village, the Rivne region of the Ukraine, December 21, 2015

    

The video exposing use of brutal physical force against Orthodox Christians in the Pticha village, western Ukraine, was published on December 20 on the official website of the Ukrainian Union of Orthodox Journalists, reports the website of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC MP).

The video shows the church raiders using Molotov cocktails, tear gas, truncheons and iron bars. Some of the clergy and believers were injured.

Pravoslavie.ru

12/21/2015

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