There was a video of the attack of Russian siloviki on the Ukrainian temple of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles princes Olga and Vladimir in Russia occupied Crimea. The clip was published on its Facebook page by the director of the National newspaper and magazine publishing house Andrei Shchekun.

"Material evidence of the attack by the occupying special services of the Russian Federation on the bishop of the Ukrainian Church in the Crimea," he wrote in a commentary on the video.

August 31, 2017 in Simferopol, the occupiers looted the temple of the UOC-KP and, with the support of Russian siloviki, took out the church utensils from the temple.

According to the archbishop of Simferopol and Crimea UOC-KP of Clement, among the seized was property from the chapel in the name of Christ the Savior and property from the formerly closed Sevastopol church.

In the UOC-KP are outraged by the actions of Russian siloviki. In a statement published on the church's website, the Patriarchy called the actions of Russian siloviki "lawlessness, violation of the right to freedom of conscience, guaranteed by international agreements binding on Russia".

The UOC-KP appealed to the international community, the EU and the US to condemn the attack of the occupation administration on the temple.

As reported on August 31, the head of the Mejlis Refat Chubarov, Russian security forces broke into the premises of the main church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate in the occupied Crimea, used force against the archbishop of Simferopol and Crimea UOC-KP Kliment and injured his arm.

Russia occupied the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in 2014 year.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine officially declared February 20, 2014 the beginning of the temporary occupation of Crimea and Sevastopol by Russia. Key international organizations, including the UN General Assembly, condemned Russia's actions and called the annexation and occupation of the Crimea illegal. Against the Russian Federation, economic sanctions were introduced. For holding Moscow's so-called elections with Crimea's participation in 2016, the Ukrainian parliament declared the State Duma illegitimate.

Source: LIGA.