The city council of Rivne terminated the rights of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP) to use land plots on the territory of the community.
This was announced by the mayor of Rivne Oleksandr Tretyak.
According to the local publication "7 Days", 30 deputies registered in the hall at the time the session began. All those present were in favor of terminating agreements with the UOC MP on the use of land plots belonging to the communities. They voted separately for each church.
The deputies also appealed to the Verkhovna Rada, the government, and the Security Service to ban the activities of the UOC-MP in Ukraine.
- The city council of Khmelnytskyi also voted at the session to terminate the right of the UOC MP to permanent use of land.
- On April 9, in Kamianets-Podilskyi (Khmelnytskyi region) near the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, clashes broke out between supporters of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.