Law enforcement officers served a notice of suspicion to a Russian Orthodox Crimea, who collected money from residents of the peninsula to purchase attack drones and and other weapons and handed them over to Russian troops, UNN reports, citing the with reference to the SBU press service.
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It is noted that the Security Service has collected evidence on Archpriest Dmitry Krotkov, the head of the military department of the Metropolis" of the Russian Orthodox Church.
While on the temporarily occupied peninsula, he organized a fundraiser for the needs of the occupation groups fighting against the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
According to the investigation, the "charitable contributions" are transferred to accounts of the so-called "special humanitarian center" of the local ROC community, headed by Krotkov.
The offender uses the money received in this way to wholesale purchase of attack drones, thermal imagers, portable radios and anti-drone guns.
It was established that Krotkov personally delivered the purchased products personally delivered the purchased products to Russian troops deployed at the front line in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions
Also, while on the front line, he, along with other clerics of the Russian Orthodox Church blessed the occupiers' military equipment and "blessed" them to to kill Ukrainians.
In addition, in June of this year, after the racist bombing of the Krotkov visited the affected areas of the left bank of the Kherson region in June of this year and "preached" Kremlin narratives about the "reasons" for the attack.
Based on the collected evidence, SBU investigators investigators served Dmytro Krotkov a notice of suspicion under Part 1 of Art. 111-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (aiding the aggressor state).
It is noted that the offender is hiding in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine. the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine, comprehensive measures are being taken to bring him to justice.
Суд відпустив митрополита Черкаської єпархії УПЦ МП під нічний домашній арешт20.12.23, 15:07
Addendum
According to the investigation, the defendant supported the Russian invaders during the seizure of Crimea. At that time, he was the rector of the of the UOC (MP) church in Simferopol and, together with the occupiers, tried to block the of the Coastal Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Perevalne.
According to the investigation, the cleric used a loudspeaker to call on Ukrainian defenders to surrender and go over to the enemy. For this, he received "position" in the so-called Crimean Metropolis of the Russian Orthodox Church.