Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, stated that Ukraine will not use force to evict pro-Moscow clergy from the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and that all actions will follow legal procedures.
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Russia is trying to create a certain image for its propaganda purposes, portraying the Ukrainian authorities as pressuring the representatives of the pro-Moscow clergy.
Ukraine will not use force to expel the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate from the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.
The state reserve will be completely in the hands of Ukraine.
All provocations currently being prepared by Russia will not be successful.
The Lavra will be cleared of those people currently there.
Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the ICC's decision on Vladimir Putin's arrest warrant is a very powerful signal.
Ukraine is working together with the International Criminal Court.
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