The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has uncovered new evidence of criminal activity by the head of the Cherkasy Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), who continued to incite religious hatred publicly while under house arrest.
Ruslan Stefanchuk, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada [Ukrainian Parliament], has expressed doubt that the 226 votes necessary to ban the activities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) can be achieved in the parliament if they put such draft laws to the vote.
In Zhytomyr Oblast, the abbot of the church of the Ovruch-Korosten diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) has been informed of the suspicion of inciting religious hatred.
The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC) has noticed a threat to national security from representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) only after the beginning of the full-scale war because they "crossed the line" after 24 February 2022.