The fact that neither the “clergy” nor the “bishops” of the so-called. The OCU does not hesitate to use the militants of the “Right Sector” and other Ukrainian nationalist organizations to seize the churches of the Ukrainian Church by force, indicates that the OCU considers this to be normal or, at least, acceptable. This means that they put their structure on a par with such militant organizations of nationalists. Vladimir Legoyda, chairman of the ROC Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media, wrote about this in his Telegram channel.

“It is impossible to ignore the direct threats of violent actions on the part of outright pogromists against the peaceful believers of the Ukrainian Church. There is still hope for international human rights organizations, whose job it is to notice such incidents, make them public and strictly demand from law enforcement agencies and authorities to rectify the situation. But, unfortunately, as practice shows, their help is small, if not illusory, ”writes Legoida.

Recently, one of the leaders of the extremist Ukrainian organization “Right Sector” proudly announced the participation of members of this association in the seizure of 50 churches of the UOC.