Ukrainian Safety Service mentioned on Tuesday it has uncovered one of many largest networks within the nation allegedly spreading pro-Russian “informational sabotage,” coordinated by a cleric of the minority Moscow-linked church.
Kyiv officers mentioned Moscow deliberate to step up its informational warfare this spring, spreading disinformation in an try to divide Ukrainian society within the third yr of its invasion.
The SBU company mentioned it has uncovered 15 members of the community linked to Russia’s Federal Safety Service (FSB), detaining 4 of them, together with the cleric of a Kyiv-based temple of the minority Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC).
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“It is without doubt one of the largest FSB networks that has been working in Ukraine for the reason that starting of the full-scale invasion,” SBU mentioned on its Telegram channel.
The group was concerned in spreading pro-Kremlin narratives geared toward destabilizing society and inciting spiritual hatred, in response to the company.
Ukrainian authorities and a part of society had for years seen the UOC as loyal to Moscow. In 2023, the parliament backed a ban on its actions within the preliminary vote.
The church describes itself as impartial, saying it lower ties with the Russian Orthodox Church, which helps Moscow’s warfare in Ukraine. A authorities fee has dominated that the church remains to be canonically linked to Russia.
