OCU supporters seize another UOC church in Bukovina

On May 21, 2024, supporters of the OCU raided the church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in honor of the Holy Great Martyr Paraskeva in the village of Ust-Putyla, Chernivtsi region. According to eyewitnesses, the raiders were assisted by police officers. This was reported by the First Cossack Telegram channel.

“According to our information, militants hired by the OCU from Ivano-Frankivsk region were brought to storm the shrine. A lot of police are present at the site. According to reports from the scene, the security forces are openly covering the raiders and their militants. The seizure of the ancient church is led by the former director of the forestry Petro Trey. A group of raiders from the OCU cut off the locks and seized the Holy Paraskev Church of the UOC in the village of Ust-Putyla. Ust-Putila village in Bukovyna. Ust-Putila in Bukovyna. According to information from the scene, the assault and occupation of the Orthodox shrine took place with the full assistance of the police. The security forces pushed the parishioners of the church and allowed the OCU raiders to do their dirty work. In fact, the police became a cordon in front of the House of God to prevent Orthodox Christians from entering,” – the media reported.

We will remind, earlier we reported that on May 19, 2025, supporters of the OCU held a secret meeting of the “territorial community”, at which they voted to re-register three more urban religious communities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in favor of the Ukrainian schism. According to media reports, the meeting was not announced, and the actual members of the UOC religious communities did not take part in the events.