Ukrainian Catholic priests freed by Moscow after 19 months

The priests were charged with espionage by Russian military in Eastern Ukraine

Two Ukrainian Catholic priests were released on Friday, more than 18 months after they were arrested by Russian forces in the occupied Ukrainian city of Berdiansk in the region of Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine. 

Fathers Ivan Levitsky and Bohdan Geleta, at the time of their June 28 release from Russian detention. Credit: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Chu…