The Moscow Patriarchate's Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC MP) network of church pews discovered and blocked a channel for the distribution of anti-Ukrainian literature, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) reported.
Points of attention
- The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) stopped the distribution of anti-Ukrainian literature in the UOC's church pews (MP).
- The found literature promoted religious intolerance and justified the Russian Federation's war against Ukraine.
- Active mass distribution of pro-Russian publications could worsen the social and political situation in favour of the Russian Federation.
- A bill banning the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine is proposed to preserve national security and unity.
- Artem "Skhidnyi" Karyakin's initiative aims to deprive the Russian Orthodox Church of its rights to state property and simplify the transition to the Ukrainian Church.
The UOC (MP) continues to destabilise the situation inside Ukraine
The SSU reports that it has removed pro-Russian publications that promoted religious intolerance and justified the Russian Federation's war against our country.
Hostile literature was found in Uzhhorod, Zhytomyr, Mykolaiv and Kyiv on the territory of one of the networks of church pews of the UOC (MP).
The owners of these shops wholesale ordered propaganda literature from a printing house in the Ternopil region. A forensic-linguistic examination initiated by the Security Service confirmed that the found copies justified the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, contained calls for inter-confessional enmity and religious intolerance, the Ukrainian special service said in a statement.
The SSU noted that the active mass distribution of pro-Russian publications could be the cause of destabilising the socio-political situation in Ukraine in favour of the aggressor country.
Based on the collected evidence, the owner of one of the shops was notified of suspicion under Chapter 1 of Article 300 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (importation, production or distribution of works promoting the cult of violence and cruelty, racial, national or religious intolerance and discrimination).
In addition, it is emphasised that an investigation is underway to establish the crime's circumstances and bring criminals to justice.
Artem "Skhidnyi" Karyakin urges Ukraine's parliament to ban the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine
Military serviceman and partisan Artem "Skhidnyi" Karyakin powerfully appealed to the Verkhovna Rada to adopt bill No. 8371 on the banning of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine.
Military serviceman noted that followers of the FSB represented by the Russian Orthodox Church have no place in our country, especially at the moment of total war for the right to exist of our nation in independent Ukraine.
I am also appealing to my comrades from various units of the Armed Forces to record similar appeals and support an important initiative that, I am sure, will save thousands of Ukrainian lives.
Artem "Skhidnyi" Karyakin
AFU military serviceman, partisan
It is essential to understand that bill No. 8371 aims to ban the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church, deprive religious organisations of the right to use state and communal property so as not to sever their ties with Moscow, amplify the transition of Orthodox communities from the Moscow church to the Ukrainian one.
