Oleksandr Turchynov reported that he is a pastor, the Associated Baptist Press and the European Baptist Federation report that he is an elder and occasional lay preacher at his Kiev church, the Word of Life Center, which is a member of the Evangelical Baptist Union of Ukraine. In social networks he received the nickname "Bloody Pastor". He treats with irony to this nickname: "I think this nickname is much better than what the Ukrainians gave to Putin". Also, Turchynov is occasionally considered by some media as the "Consigliere of Yulia Tymoshenko". Oleksandr Turchynov Oleksandr Valentynovych Turchynov (; born 31 March 1964) is
2014 Ukrainian revolution although the members of the Alpha team are Ukrainian citizens. On 21 February, President Yanukovych and Parliament declared 22 and 23 February to be days of mourning "due to the loss of human life as a result of mass disturbances". Speaker Rybak submitted his resignation in parliament on February 22, citing illness. Yanukovych's whereabouts were unknown, despite media reports that he had flown to Kharkiv (according to the governor of Kharkiv Oblast at the time, Mykhailo Dobkin, Yanukovych was in Kharkiv that day). Oleksandr Turchynov said that most of the ministers had disappeared, including Interior Minister Zakharchenko, who was reported