Ukrainian MPs block podium, demand vote on Moscow Patriarchate Church ban

"Ukrainian Parliament members protested by displaying placards and blocking the podium, demanding a vote on the bill to ban religious organizations affiliated with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), European Solidarity party MP Oleksiy Honcharenko reported on Telegram. Further parliamentary sessions were canceled, with the next meeting scheduled for August. The bill to ban the UOC-M was previously not included in the agenda because the ruling Servant of the People party and former MPs from Opposition Platform — For Life voted against bringing it to the floor." NV