The head of the analytics and communications department of the regional military administration, Lyudmyla Cherevchenko, said during a briefing that 228 UOC congregations had been transferred to the OCU since February last year, Pravblog reported.

She also added that 4 more “appeals from religious communities” of Khmelnytsky region are under consideration, and 30 parishes of the UOC in the region are now preparing documents for “transition” to the OCU.