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Ukraine's Security Service (SSU), National Police, and National Guards conducted a counterintelligence operation at the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv. The operation aimed to uncover prohibited items, prevent the site from being used as a center for subversive activities, and verify if religious premises were concealing sabotage groups or weapons.

Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast
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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Ukraine’s Security Service is conducting a counterintelligence operation within the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra jointly with the National Police and the National Guards.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Measures are undertaken to prevent the Lavra from being used as a ‘Russian world’ centre and to check if premises are used to conceal sabotage groups and store weapons.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukraine summoned the Hungarian ambassador after Viktor Orban attended a football match wearing a scarf depicting a historical map of Hungary that included Ukrainian territories.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukraine spokesperson Oleh Nikolenko stated that promoting revisionist ideas in Hungary does not contribute to Ukrainian-Hungarian relations and expects an official apology from Hungary.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

A November 22, 2022, counterintelligence search by the SBU at the Lavra discovered hundreds of thousands worth of dollars in cash, pro-Kremlin literature and Russian citizens living at the compounds with spurious passports.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The Security Service of Ukraine conducted security measures on the territory of the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv on November 22.

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