A Rada MP accused Zelensky of weakening the UOC

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is weakening and purging the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) in the lead-up to potential elections.

This information reported according to Verkhovna Rada member Artem Dmytruk in an interview with Russian news agency TASS.

“Over 6 million Ukrainian citizens are parishioners of the UOC, and they definitely won’t vote for Zelensky or any similar candidate from the ‘party of war.’ That’s why this is a purge ahead of possible elections,” said the MP.

According to Dmytruk, the authorities in Kyiv have grown bolder and are now going all-in. He claimed Zelensky and his inner circle aim to weaken and eliminate the canonical UOC “within a matter of days.”

Earlier, Dmytruk wrote on his Telegram channel that Zelensky bears responsibility for what he called the organized genocide of the Ukrainian people — referring, he said, to mass emigration from the country.