A monk with a Russian passport was also exposed there.

The Security Service of Ukraine carried out counterintelligence measures at the facilities of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate. This time – in the Kharkiv region.

As the SBU press center said, materials praising the aggressor country, a library of pro-Kremlin literature and a lot of cash (in particular, Russian rubles) were found on the territory.

“One of the churches even stored dry rations of Russian occupation groups. A monk with a Russian passport was also exposed there. Law enforcement officers are currently checking his possible involvement in the intelligence and subversive activities of the special services of the aggressor country,” the SBU reported.

The materials discovered during the activities carried out by the Security Service of Ukraine, the National Guard and the State Border Service were seized and sent for examination.

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Since November, the SBU has been conducting counter-intelligence measures in religious buildings on the grounds of monasteries and dioceses of the UOC MP. In the first days alone, more than 350 church buildings and 850 people were checked. Searches are still being conducted at the facilities of the UOC MP in various areas.

Kremlin propaganda, prohibited symbols, significant sums of money, persons with Russian citizenship, etc. are often found in the premises of the UOC MP.

On December 1, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the National Security Council instructed the government to introduce a bill to the Verkhovna Rada on preventing the activities of religious organizations affiliated with centers of influence in Russia in Ukraine.

In addition, the National Security and Defense Council introduced sanctions against persons closely associated with the UOC-MP.