Ukraine records 83 Christian ministers killed in Russian-Ukrainian war

According to the public organization Christians Against the War, at least 83 Christian ministers were killed in Ukraine as a result of the Russian-Ukrainian war. At the same time, most of the killed priests were representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. This data is provided in a list of names maintained by the organization, which calls on the public to report cases not reflected in the current list.

According to the information provided by the organization, as of January 8, 2026, 83 names of Ukrainian ministers, including priests, clergy and pastors, whose deaths were related to military operations, were recorded in their database. The organization emphasizes that this record is not exhaustive, and the number of victims may be higher.

Thus, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church remains in the first place in terms of the number of killed clergy. There are 40 dead priests of the UOC. Representatives of Protestant denominations are in second place – 29 people. The OCU is in third place with 12 people. The last position in this statistics is occupied by Roman/Greek Catholics – 2 people.

As reported earlier, the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience, which denied the clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church the possibility of a deferral from military mobilization due to religious beliefs, took care of the clergy of the UOC who died as a result of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The head of the State Service, Viktor Yelensky, noted that “Patriarch Kirill did not express condolences for any of the dead UOC priests.”