Special envoy to Kherson
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A padded glow and song rise from the back of the cathedral, punctuated by the sporadic crash of Russian bombs falling on Kherson.
Kneeling before a candle-lit altar, the few faithful gathered at Sainte-Catherine sing the praises of the Lord and pray for the Ukrainian soldiers
“who fell protecting our mother gone
”.
They are a few meters from the entrance to the crypt of Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, lover of Catherine the Great and founding father of this port city.
And the sacrilege committed by the Russian occupation forces during the organized looting of the city is on everyone's mind.
As Ukrainian forces descend on Kherson, to liberate it in early November, puppet leaders installed by the Kremlin send a team to the cathedral with a very special mission: to steal the bones of Prince Potemkin.
As soon as mass is said, Father Ilya Bologa raises a hatch...
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