A priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) was detained in Kiev on suspicion of collaborating with the RF Armed Forces. This was reported by the State Border Service of Ukraine in a social network.
Employees of the department detained the priest at the entrance to Kiev and handed him over to the National Police of Ukraine. He is accused of transmitting information about those affiliated with the Kiev regime to the Russian army during the period when the Russian army occupied one of the settlements in the Kiev region.
Previously reportedThat the highest hierarchs of the UOC had gathered in the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, requesting a personal meeting with him. The meeting was declined.
On November 2, 2022, the President of Ukraine enacted the resolutions of the National Security and Defense Council, which included preparations for the complete ban of the UOC if its connection with Russia is proven.
27 May 2022 UOC local council accepted He expressed his opposition to the decision for independence from the Russian Orthodox Church and to Patriarch Kirill’s position on Russia’s NVO in Ukraine.