On November 19, 2024, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented Ukraine's Internal Resilience Plan to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. This plan consists of ten points: "Unity", "Front", "Armament", "Money", "Energy", "Security", "Communities", "Human Capital", "Cultural Sovereignty" and "Heroes Policy".

In the first paragraph, “Unity,” V. Zelenskyy emphasized: “The tribunal against the Russian Federation, the confiscation of Russian assets, effective sanctions against Russia, ensuring Ukraine’s full spiritual independence, Ukrainian cultural diplomacy, countering disinformation, establishing effective state communications, and the necessary transformation of our state institutions – absolutely none of this is possible without active cooperation with civil society.”

In the section titled "Human Capital," which focuses on the strategic goal of creating all necessary conditions for Ukrainians of all generations and backgrounds to live and develop in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned that several policies, including those related to church-state relations, will be detailed in an annex to this paragraph. He specifically stated:

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

President of Ukraine

Our policy regarding the Church and religious organizations. While maintaining the secular nature of state institutions, we must and can develop partnerships between the state and the Church, and between the state and religious communities. Ukraine has a globally significant institutional example of such cooperation: the Council of Churches and Religious Organizations. This institution serves as the foundation for dialogue between the state and all religious communities in Ukraine. Through this dialogue, we can determine which models of greater cooperation can strengthen our state, and all our people, our spiritual independence, and the social work carried out within our state

In this context, the Head of State noted: “Of course, this does not apply to the Moscow Church. The era of those who sanctify terror is over.”

On August 20, 2024, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the Law of Ukraine “On Protection of the Constitutional Order in the Field of Activities of Religious Organizations,” which banned the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine and determined the procedure for terminating religious organizations affiliated with it in Ukraine.

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