In a statement, the Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, said that searches of Russian Orthodox properties in formerly occupied eastern portions of the country also uncovered Russian passports, flags representing the Russian-backed Luhansk and Donestk peoples republics, and a "collection of icons stolen by rioters" from the Lithuanian consul in Kherson.The SBU also claimed to have found documents indicating that Russian Orthodox priests were collaborating with the Russian government and its occupation authorities in Kherson.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused the Russian Orthodox Church of seeking to "weaken Ukraine from within" amid calls from some to ban the organization.In September, Patriarch Kirill I, the head of the church, said Russian soldiers who died in Ukraine would be absolved of their sins.But perhaps the most attention-grabbing aspect of the SBU's statement was not what it claimed to have found but who it suggested took part in finding it."