NSDC imposes sanctions against 7 clergymen of UOC-MP

What happened? The National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) imposed sanctions against 7 priests of the UOC-MP.

Source. Website of the Office of the President.

Details. Personal restrictions apply to:

• Andriy Kovalenko, Metropolitan of Zaporizhzhia and Melitopol of UOC;
• Vasyl Povorozniuk, Metropolitan of Luhansk and Alchevsk of the UOC;
• Oleksandr Prokopenko, Abbot of Melitopol Monastery of St. Sava the Sanctified of the UOC;
• Oleksandr Fedorov, Abbot of the Holy Dormition Cathedral of the UOC in Kherson;
• Metropolitan Anthony of Boryspil and Brovary of the UOC, member of the Inter-Council Presence of the russian Orthodox Church, Ivan Pakanych;
• Metropolitan Meletius of Chernivtsi and Bukovyna of the UOC, Head of Department on External Church Relations of the UOC, Valentyn Yehorenko;
• Archbishop Paisius of Kostiantyniv, Vicar of Horlivka Diocese of the UOC Victor Shinkarev.

The restrictions are applied for 5 years. They include blocking assets, preventing the withdrawal of capital from Ukraine, prohibition of participation in the privatisation or lease of state property, etc.