A Romanian church in Ukraine was forcibly taken over in the middle of the night: locks cut, parishioners expelled and votes forged, all under the protection of the Ukrainian police

Illustrative image In the village of Malatini, located in the Chernivtsi region, religious tensions sharply increased in March 2025, following a forced action by which the place of worship of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) was occupied by representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, with the direct support of local authorities. The events triggered a wave of protests in the community, especially from parishioners who ac…