A court in Ukraine has sentenced Ukrainian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Ionafan (Anatoliy Yeletskykh) to five years in prison on charges of justifying Russian aggression. The Security Service of Ukraine said on August 8 that Ionafan, the metropolitan of Tulchyn and Bratslav, was sentenced after a court in the city of Vinnytsya found him guilty of calls to violate Ukraine's territorial integrity, actions against Ukraine's constitutional order, and premeditated violation of citizens' equal rights. The diocese said an appeal has been filed. Ukrainian authorities have accused it of disseminating materials on Moscow's policies against Ukraine. To read the original story by UNIAN, click here.
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