The Pecherskyi District Court in Kyiv ordered the removal of an electronic tag from Metropolitan Pavlo (Petro Lebid) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, who was charged with subversive acts against Ukraine.

The court partially granted the petition and ordered removal of the electronic tag, though Metropolitan Pavlo cannot leave his residence without a court order except in cases of imminent danger.

Kyiv authorities on Tuesday began taking down a Soviet-era monument celebrating friendship with Russia.

In late April 2024, in central Kyiv, heavy cranes began dismantling a sculpture erected to commemorate 17th-century Pereiaslav Treaty between the Cossacks and Muscovites, symbolically closing a chapter of a shared history.

It was only after the outbreak of the full-scale war in 2022 that the arch complex began to be taken apart. The first part of the composition — a bronze statue of a Russian and Ukrainian worker — was removed in 2022.

In April 2024, the Culture Ministry abolished the landmark's status as a historic site. Finally, on April 30, the dismantling of the Council statue itself finalized the divorce from the Kremlin-established Pereiaslav narrative.