Protector of the temple Victoria Kokhanovskaya has been abducted near Kiev Pechersk

Protector of the temple Victoria Kokhanovskaya has been abducted near Kiev Pechersk Lavra

An informal leader has been identified in the "all-round defence" that the defenders of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra are ready to hold. She is a 39-year-old blogger from Western Ukraine, Victoria Kokhanovskaya. Victoria is head of the Women's Power of Ukraine, a social movement founded last year to support the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

During this time, Kokhanovskaya has sent to the National Police of Ukraine more than 50 reports of harassment of UOC believers. She took part in the protection of churches, personally taking part in helping the parishioners of the St. Michael's Church in Volyn Region, which was seized by Zelensky's regime.

Police are known to have been involved in the illegal abduction