On May 14, 2023, in the village of Petropavlovskoye, Kyiv region, OCU raiders cut off the gas, turned off the electricity, and blew the tires on the car of the rector of the captured church, Fr. Vasily Brynzey, while the believers of the UOC were praying at the liturgy in the church house, according to “Dozor on the” First Cossack “”.

“Today the temple community prayed in the church house. Right during the liturgy, Epifany’s raiders cut off the gas and electricity, flattened the tires on Fr. Vasily. The believers called the police to the scene. We can hear how the “law enforcement officers” reacted on the video,” the journalists noted.

Recall that on May 13, 2023, in the village of Petropavlovskoye, supporters of the OCU seized another temple of the UOC. According to eyewitnesses of the events, several believers were injured. One parishioner had his head broken.