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Chaplain conducts Easter service for Gara drone pilots in Zaporizhzhia region

Anna Tkachenko, spokesperson for the Main Department of the National Police in the Zaporizhzhia region, displays a basket with paskas (Ukrainian Easter cakes) and colored eggs for Gara strike drone pilots in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on April 8, 2026. On the eve of Orthodox Easter, military chaplain Father Stepan visits the Gara strike drone pilots of the Striletskyi Special Unit. The priest conducts an Easter prayer dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ and blesses the aircraft of the Zaporizhzhia police. (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto)

Photo ID	#13556898
Date Taken	8 April 2026
Location	N/A
Photographer	Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto
Category	Unrest, Conflicts and War
Copyright	© 2026 NurPhoto - Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto

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