Zelensky signed a law banning the Ukrainian Orthodox Church linked to Moscow

The law was signed on Ukraine's Independence Day, when that country broke away from the Soviet Union, which is celebrated on August 24, as well as two and a half years since the beginning of the Russian invasion.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law banning the Orthodox Church linked to Moscow on the territory of Ukraine.

The text of the law was published on the portal of the Ukrainian Parliament.

The law was signed on Ukraine's Independence Day, when that country broke away from the Soviet Union, which is celebrated on August 24, as well as two and a half years since the beginning of the Russian invasion.

The Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine, earlier adopted a law on the Banning of Religious Organizations Associated with the Russian Orthodox Church. According to this law, the activities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which is loyal to the Moscow Patriarchate, can be suspended.

As the Speaker of the Assembly of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk, said earlier, this law will ban the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine.

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