The self-proclaimed patriarch of the so-called Kiev Patriarchate, Filaret blessed soldiers of the «Tornado» special company of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, who are now under investigation for serious and very serious crimes in the «ATO» area, such as rape, pedophilia and murder.

The request to pray for bandits was voiced by a man in camouflage at the opening of a «temple» in Belaya Tserkov, attended by Filaret.

‘Let us pray to God Almighty to rescue them ... They are in prison just for Ukraine, like Peter Kalnyshevsky (an ataman of the Zaporozhskaya Sech, arrested by Moscow for conspiring with the Turks - Ed.),’ said the false patriarch to the petitioner.