Leader of the European Solidarity party, MP of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, considers the adoption of the law banning the church in Ukraine with a control center in Moscow a victory for the Ukrainian state and all those who have fought for independence for centuries, the European Solidarity said on its website.

"We, Ukrainians, have been fighting for this for over 300 years. Our team has been fighting for this for 10 years, overcoming obstacles, lies – allegedly someone is against it in Washington, in Europe. But in fact, the ‘fifth column’ that sits inside the country was against it. Today, thanks to you, we have overcome this," Poroshenko said.

According to him, more than 80% of Ukrainians are in favor of having a single local Orthodox Church of Ukraine in Ukraine.

"Today, this law has brought us very close to this, because everyone must make a choice for themselves – either they are with Ukraine, and then welcome to the ranks of the church, or they are against Ukraine – and let them choose the direction, either Rostov or Moscow, but definitely not in Ukraine," Poroshenko said.

The MP of the European Solidarity faction noted that the duty of every Ukrainian politician and patriot is to protect the national security of Ukraine. "Everyone who is against national security, every Russian, Moscow priest calling for the extermination of Ukrainians, everyone who stands in line with the FSB and the Russian army, all of them must leave Ukraine. Their activities should be prohibited. Those who oppose this oppose Ukraine, oppose the age–old aspirations of the Ukrainian people to have a strong, local church, protected from Moscow, from Russia, from the occupiers together with other free peoples of Europe," he said.

MP Volodymyr Viatrovych noted that the ROC is an instrument of Russian imperialism in Ukraine and the adoption of the law is "the second decisive step guaranteeing the freedom of Ukraine in the spiritual plane" after the adoption of the Tomos.

As reported, on Tuesday, the Verkhovna Rada, by 265 votes, adopted at the second reading a bill prohibiting the activities of religious organizations affiliated with the ROC in Ukraine. The law comes into force 30 days after its publication, except for two provisions: the day after publication, the Cabinet of Ministers begins preparing by-laws and nine months later the norm of the draft law comes into force, allowing the State Service for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience to file a lawsuit to terminate the activities of a religious organization if the service has established its connection with the ROC (Russian Orthodox Church) of the aggressor country.