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Fr. Ihor Makar, along with several seminarians, was on his way to celebrate liturgy for the Theophany when terror struck.
“I realized that this drone was probably targeting us."
Fr. Ihor Makar, director of a local Caritas office in Kherson, Ukraine, was driving to a church Monday to celebrate Divine Liturgy for the feast of the Theophany (Epiphany). With him in the car were several seminarians. Fr. Makar suddenly noticed what appeared to be a drone in the sky. With so many recent Russian drone attacks apparently targeting civilians, he was naturally cautious, but there wasn’t much he could do.
“Because of the frost, the road was very slippery, and we could neither stop nor turn back,” Fr. Makar told Vatican News’ Svitlana Dukhovych. “I realized that this drone was probably targeting us."
Indeed, the drone launched an explosive device, shattering the windows of Fr. Makar's car and piercing its doors and wheels with shrapnel. The priest’s leg caught some of that shrapnel, which will have to be surgically removed. The seminarians were not injured.
Continued below.
“I realized that this drone was probably targeting us."
Fr. Ihor Makar, director of a local Caritas office in Kherson, Ukraine, was driving to a church Monday to celebrate Divine Liturgy for the feast of the Theophany (Epiphany). With him in the car were several seminarians. Fr. Makar suddenly noticed what appeared to be a drone in the sky. With so many recent Russian drone attacks apparently targeting civilians, he was naturally cautious, but there wasn’t much he could do.
“Because of the frost, the road was very slippery, and we could neither stop nor turn back,” Fr. Makar told Vatican News’ Svitlana Dukhovych. “I realized that this drone was probably targeting us."
Indeed, the drone launched an explosive device, shattering the windows of Fr. Makar's car and piercing its doors and wheels with shrapnel. The priest’s leg caught some of that shrapnel, which will have to be surgically removed. The seminarians were not injured.
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Priest injured in drone attack in southern Ukraine
Fr. Ihor Makar, along with several seminarians, was on his way to celebrate liturgy for the Theophany when terror struck.
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