On December 1, 2022, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated in his video message that he ordered to “verify the existence of legal grounds and compliance with the conditions for the use of property by religious organizations located on the territory of the National Kyiv-Pechersk Historical and Cultural Reserve.”
He stated that such a decision was made at a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council. According to him, with this decision, the state “guarantees Ukraine’s spiritual independence.
