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Metropolitan Pavel, Abbot of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, has been accused of harboring pro-Russian sympathies The leader of Ukraine’s largest Orthodox Christian monastery has said he is under house arrest, marking the latest twist in Kiev’s religious crackdown. Metropolitan Pavel (secular name Pyotr Lebed), a senior bishop in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), is suspected…

Dozens have drowned or frozen to death while trying to cross into Romania amid Kiev’s conflict with Russia, the newspaper reported More than 20 Ukrainians have died while trying to escape the country since the start of the conflict with Russia, The Times newspaper reported on Thursday, citing a Ukrainian border guard.