The Ukrainian government will draw up a law banning churches affiliated with Russia under moves described by President Volodymyr Zelensky as necessary to prevent Moscow being able to “weaken Ukraine from within.” | Reuters
The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, which groups top security, military and political figures, told the government to draft the law following a series of raids on parishes that Kyiv says could be taking orders from Moscow.The security council also ordered investigations into suspected “subversive activities of Russian special services in the religious environment of Ukraine” and called for sanctions against unspecified individuals.
The branch has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but many Ukrainians fear it could be a source of Russian influence in the country.
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