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Kyiv's Pechersky District Court, at the request of prosecutors, has extended the measure of restraint for Ukrainian MP Viktor Medvedchuk, a suspect in the case of treason and aiding and abetting terrorist organizations, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office has said in a post on Telegram. "The suspect will stay under round-the-clock house arrest until March 10, 2022," the report said. The PGO recalled that as part of the criminal proceedings, the measure of restraint for the MP was first chosen on October 12, 2021, valid until November 19, 2021. On November 16, 2021, the measure of restraint…

A flight carrying Ukrainians and a number of Kazakhstan nationals has arrived in Boryspil International Airport from Nur Sultan. This was reported by Ukraine’s Public Broadcaster UA:PBC, Ukrinform reports. According to one of the passengers, Tamirlan, the flight had initially been scheduled to depart January 6 before being delayed. According to the passenger, the situation in Nur-Sultan was calm in the past days, while the situation was pumped up artificially. Read also: Ukrainians advised to refrain from traveling to Kazakhstan due to mass protests - embassy"There was no need to cut off the Internet, cancel flights, etc. This all led…

The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine has wished Ukrainians a Merry Christmas. The diplomatic mission posted the Christmas greeting on Twitter, Ukrinform reports. "Merry Christmas to those celebrating! Wishing you and yours peace, health and happiness this season," the tweet reads. 🇺🇦 Бажаємо щасливого Різдва всім, хто святкує сьогодні! Миру, здоров’я, щастя вам і вашим близьким та рідним у ці святкові дні! 🇺🇸 Merry Christmas to those celebrating! Wishing you and yours peace, health and happiness this season. pic.twitter.com/CSPFVoURHG — U.S. Embassy Kyiv (@USEmbassyKyiv) January 6, 2022 Eastern Rite Christians celebrate Christmas according to the Julian calendar on January 7. op

The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has congratulated the Orthodox Church of Ukraine on the third anniversary of receiving a tomos of autocephaly. According to Ukrinform, the embassy announced this on Twitter. "Congratulations to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine on the third anniversary of receiving the Tomos of Autocephaly! Ukrainians should be free to worship as they choose, without external influence," the embassy said. Today, January 6, marks the third anniversary of the granting of a tomos of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. On April 19, 2018, the Verkhovna Rada endorsed the appeal to the Archbishop of Constantinople, Ecumenical…

On January 6 three years ago, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew granted a tomos of autocephaly to the newly established Orthodox Church of Ukraine, thus making it effectively independent of Russia. The ceremony took place in the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Phanar, the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s premises in Istanbul, Ukrinform reports. On January 4, 2019, a tomos of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, drafted on ancient-style parchment, was brought to Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey). A tomos is a church canonical document, a decree. Read also: His All-Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical PatriarchOn January 5, 2019, Ecumenical Patriarch…