The mayor of Konotop in the Sumy region Artem Semenikhin banned the activities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in his city. He announced this on Facebook, posting a photo of the relevant order..

" And in the case of a mosparhat, this is two in one. Therefore, I decided to ban the activity of this FSB agent network in the territory of my city,"

According to the document, the decision was made in order to \; preventing the split of the Konotop community on a religious basis, anti-Ukrainian activities and speculation on the beliefs of the inhabitants, given the open pro-Russian propaganda in the churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which is subordinate to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow"

At the disposal of the mayor also recognized the UOC-MP as such that it poses a threat to the national security of Ukraine.

Earlier it became known that the European Union plans to impose personal sanctions against the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill.