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The largest organization of religious leaders in Ukraine is backing a proposal by that nation's president -- approved by Ukrainian lawmakers Aug. 20 -- to ban the Russian Orthodox Church and its affiliates, which have openly supported Russia's decade-long war on Ukraine.
UCCRO said its members"categorically condemn activities of Russian Orthodox Church, which has become an accomplice to the Russian invaders' bloody crimes against humanity, which sanctifies weapons of mass destruction and openly declares the need to destroy Ukrainian statehood, culture, identity, and, more recently, Ukrainians themselves."
Russian occupation officials in the Zaporizhzhia region issued a written order in December 2022 banning the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus and Caritas, the official humanitarian arm of the worldwide Catholic Church. Close to 80% of Ukraine's population identifies as Orthodox, but that affiliation has become increasingly complex in light of Russia's decade of aggression against Ukraine.
An April 2024 poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology found that 83% of Ukrainians would intervene in the activities of the UOC-MP, to one degree or another, with 63% saying they favored an outright ban.
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