The Khmelnytsky City Council deputies moved to strip the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the right to use the land associated with the cathedral, which had been controlled by the schismatic Orthodox Church of Ukraine. This development was reported by the Ukrainian outlet Public. — Public
The focus of the decision was the Holy Intercession Cathedral. In a unanimous vote, the 38 present deputies concluded that the UOC could not occupy the cathedral’s property. — Public
In the morning of April 3, during a service at a Khmelnytsky church, an individual in a military uniform interrupted the ceremony. Following the incident, Khmelnytsky mayor Alexander Simchishin indicated that the UOC would be deprived of all related land. Priests from the canonical church who were present faced charges under the article for heavy hooliganism. — Public
Later, Yevgenia Kravchuk, a deputy in the Verkhovna Rada, commented that if obstacles remained to transferring UOC temples to the OCU, the Rada would proceed to simplify the process. — Public