"Prohibition of the Orthodox Church": In Congress, the United States named the reason not to provide weapons to Ukraine

To spread: Congresswar from the Republican Party Anna Paulina Luna said that he would not allow US military assistance to Ukraine because President Volodymyr Zelenskyy allegedly forbade the Orthodox Church. The Member of the House of Representatives of the United States published a post that accused Vladimir Zelensky of the Orthodox Church, on the social network of July 4. According to her, this is one of the reasons why the states should stop sending Kiev military assistance.

"Zelensky has banned the Orthodox Church. I can promise that there will be no weapons financing for you. Agree on peace. We are not your piggy bank," Congresswumen wrote. The Peter user under the post noted that only the Russian Orthodox Church and related organizations for national security reasons were forbidden in Ukraine because of its probable relations with Russia. In response, Luna stated that her post was commented on Ukrainian bots.

"Suddenly, these provocative figures became experts in religion as well as telepaths, as they are fully convinced that no Christian went to these churches to worship God. Imagine if we were doing it in the states. The hypocrites," the Republican wrote.

Later, Anna Paulina Luna stated that she would not support the provision of US military assistance to Ukraine, because Volodymyr Zelenskyy allegedly "abolished the elections", "despaired the President and the Vice -Cresident of the United States", and American weapons were allegedly "sold on the black market" after transferring Kiev. "Billions are laundered there. They have brought American journalists to the black list. Peace is the only option.

This will not happen if they give them more weapons," Congresswumen wrote. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law on the ban on the ROC (Russian Orthodox Church) on August 24, 2024. The document stated that the organizations related to it, in particular the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC -MP), have 9 months to terminate ties with Moscow.

On July 2, 2025, the Security Service of Ukraine reported that Volodymyr Zelenskyy had taken away from Metropolitan Onufrius of Ukraine. According to the intelligence service, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has had a passport of the Russian Federation since 2002. On July 2, US media reported that the US has suspended Patriot and other weapons supply to Ukraine because Donald Trump's administration wants to "put the US interests first.