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Russia: Ukraine

Commons · Question 63968 · Tabled 1 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 15 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Russia on the airstrike on the Dnipro Theological Seminary of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine; and what diplomatic steps he

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 15 Jul 2025

We are deeply disturbed by the impact of Russia's illegal war on Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB), as well as the damage done to places of worship and religious significance. Ukraine's democracy is well known for its commitment to religious pluralism....