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Suggested quotes for graphics
| They killed my daughter. They killed many of my friends. They killed many of my church members. Russian soldiers sleep inside my children’s bedrooms. Pastor Gennadiy Mokhnenko, Evangelical pastor from Mariupol | Source – Pulitzer Center |
| At least 206 evangelical churches have been expropriated or destroyed, according to the Institute for Religious Freedom, a Ukrainian watchdog group. [Article published Apr 10 2024] | Source – PBS |
| Steven Moore, Founder, Ukraine Freedom Project: When the Russians come into a town in an occupied area, they see Protestant churches, they say, this is an American religion. You must be an agent of the American government. So they go to the churches. They shut them down. They frequently torture the pastor, and, sometimes, they murder believers for their faith. And we know of 29 Christian leaders who have been murdered in Ukraine by the Russians. | Source – PBS |
| The wave of religious persecution has forced most evangelists to flee Russian-occupied Ukraine. Those who remain have to pray in secret. | Source – PBS |
| The truth the media won’t tell you Russian secret services are targeting: – churches – their pastors – congregations | Source – PBS [not a direct quote – paraphrasing] |
| In Russian-occupied Ukraine: Evangelicals are targeted by the Russians disproportionally. There’s a reason for this: For the Russian occupiers they are perceived as agents of America. | Source – TIME.com |
| “Your church has no right to exist, as it has connections with America and other Western countries,” Russian authorities told the deacon of the Pentecostal church in Nova Kakhovka, Oleksandr Prokopchuk. They arrested him and his 19-year-old son. Both were later found dead in a forest. | Source – TIME.com |
| In Russian-occupied Ukraine: Four members of the Evangelical Church of the Transformation were accused of being American spies because some U.S. dollars were found in their pockets. They were subsequently shot and killed. | Source – TIME.com |
| When Russian occupying forces shut down the Melitopol Christian Church, they used sledge hammers to break into the building. Members were interrogated as to whether the church was hiding any Americans. The house of worship was expropriated and given to a Russian Ministry. Its fifty foot cross was chopped down. | Source – TIME.com |
| Jehovah’s Witnesses face severe repression for their religion in Russia. Since declaring the group “extremist” in 2017, authorities have prosecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses for their peaceful religious activities, including discussing the Bible, having worship services, and singing religious songs. | Source – USCIRF (pdf) |
| Andrey Vlasov religion or belief: Jehovah’s Witness arrested: July 12, 2020 sentence: 7 Years’ Imprisonment health concerns: Disability, Heart Disease reason for persecution: Held discussions about the Bible | Source – USCIRF (pdf) |
| Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, its military has committed gross violations against Ukrainian religious communities, often targeting religious leaders. Russian forces have harassed, threatened, forced into exiled, detained, forcibly disappeared, tortured, and killed religious figures in order to exert control and subjugate local populations. | Source – USCIRF (pdf) |
