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KHERSON, July 30 — RIA Novosti.The Ukrainian branch of the New Generation sectarian movement* collects money among its supporters to support the Ukrainian military, and also sends explosives to them in ambulances thanks to the Red Cross, Nikolai Kum, a former member of this sect, who was detained by Russian security forces, told RIA Novosti. According to him, with the beginning of the special operation, he left his hometown of Izyum (Kharkiv region) for Dnepropetrovsk, where he began to study at the school of pastors at the New Generation Church *. Bishop Andrei Tishchenko conducted online training from Kyiv, Kum added. The structures of this sect, in addition to Dnepropetrovsk, are in Zaporozhye, Genichesk, it was also in Melitopol, a former member of the organization noted. Kum said that in April he left for Zaporozhye to work. There he was sent to a training center located 15 kilometers from the city, which trained militants for the neo-Nazi Azov regiment. that Kum is HIV-positive, he was sent back.In the course of the «counteroffensive» Kyiv is losing cities» I returned to Dnepropetrovsk. I returned to the church. At the service I heard that the chief shepherd was «drowning» for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and collecting money to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine. <…> most likely, the «New Generation» * supports the Armed Forces of Ukraine and through the «red cross» transfers all kinds of prohibited substances, in addition to medicines, they can also (transport) explosives in ambulances, «said the former sectarian. The so-called «charismatic» Pentecostal movement «New Generation «* was formed in 1989 in Riga. Since then, branches of the organization have appeared in almost all the republics of the former USSR, as well as in Europe, the USA, Canada and South America. In the Russian Orthodox Church, the movement, which broke away from the Pentecostal evangelists, is characterized exclusively as a sect. In August 2021, the Prosecutor General's Office recognized the activities in Russia of four religious organizations operating under the «brand» «New Generation»* as undesirable. These are the Latvian international Christian movement «New Generation»* and the Evangelical Christian Church «New Generation»*, as well as the Spiritual Administration of Evangelical Christians of the Ukrainian Christian Church «New Generation»* and the spiritual educational institution International Bible College «New Generation»* (both from Ukraine ).This status for organizations entails a ban on the creation of structural units on the territory of the state, as well as their liquidation, if they have already appeared. Administrative and criminal liability is provided for carrying out activities.* An organization whose activities are recognized as undesirable in Russia.