A Baptist church in Russian-occupied city of Melitopol has been raid 3 times in a year by armed, masked men, and its pastor accused of "illegal missionary activity".

Christians in occupied Ukraine continue to be under threat, Norwegian human rights group Forum 18, reports.

Religious leaders are investigated, questioned, sent to trial and fined, while churches are raid and sometimes forcibly close. Furthermore, Russian-controlled courts continue to hear illegal missionary activity cases.