Head of UOC Legal Department: UOC banned twice in some regions
On December 15, 2022, at a press conference, the head of the UOC Legal Department, Archpriest Oleksandr Bakhov, spoke about numerous violations of Ukrainian law in attempts to ban the UOC at the local level.
"In some regions, the UOC has been banned twice," he said.
Earlier, Arestovych said on his FB page that he had an impression as if the laws banning the UOC were promoted by the Russian intelligence service.
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