The Russian Orthodox Churches were closed. Ukrainian Orthodox Churches are still open. Russian Orthodox ≠ all orthodox churches.
The Russian Orthodox Churches were closed. Ukrainian Orthodox Churches are still open.
That's rather like closing all the Roman Catholic churches and saying all the other Christian churches are still open.
https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-734138
Authorities ordered the church last Friday to leave its base in the 980-year-old Pechersk Lavra monastery complex, prompting Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill to ask Pope Francis and other religious leaders to help stop the crackdown. …The Security Service of Ukraine has since October carried out searches at UOC churches, imposed sanctions on its bishops and financial backers, and opened criminal cases against dozens of clergymen.
Church officials say it and its millions of worshippers are victims of a witch-hunt.
Orthodoxy is the primary faith in Ukraine and the Moscow-linked church has been in competition for worshippers with an independent Orthodox Church, founded after the Soviet collapse in 1991 but only recognized by church hierarchy in 2018.