US Permanent Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said there are problems with religious freedom in Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports.

During a hearing in the House Appropriations Committee, in response to a question about the role of the US Permanent Mission in promoting religious freedom, Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that Ukraine “has problems with religious freedom.”

“Freedom of religion is a human right. And we are focused on this, whether it is monitoring what is happening, for example, in Ukraine, where there are problems, or we are monitoring Africa, where (also) there may be problems with religious freedom,” the permanent representative said.