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Russia says west is ignoring Ukraine’s religious crisis as pressure on orthodox church sparks outcry
Published on Aug 26, 2026 07:57 am IST
Russian Foreign Ministry representative Mikhail Melekh accuses Ukraine of conducting a systematic campaign to eliminate the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), claiming 1,500–2,000 UOC churches were seized between 2022 and 2026 and that clergy and worshippers faced violence, criminal cases, citizenship revocations and disappearances.
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