Kiev (Ukraine), 13 December 2013

Commissioners of the European Union

Members of the European Parliament

The Ukrainian nation is facing the historic moments of a fight for the preservation of its freedom, independence, sovereignty and integrity of the territory. These values are part of international law and must be respected by each state, hence by the European Union too. Today, however, we are witnesses to political hypocrisy and crime which power-hungry EU politicians conceal under the cover of human rights.

The so-called peaceful demonstrations in Ukraine have very quickly turned out to be an attempt at a coup, the overthrow of the legitimate Government and President. Coups have never been part of human rights or of international law either. No one has ever been so mad as to make them a human right. If any state or supranational organization organizes, finances, supports or leads a coup to overthrow the government and the President in another country, it commits a heavy political crime. Such a state or supranational organization should be condemned in the international court of justice.

Lvov, 7 December 2013

Dear Sirs!

Bishops of the Synod of the Ukrainian orthodox Greek Catholic Church (UO GCC) hereby turn to You with a request that You should summon as soon as possible Msgr. S. Shevchuk, head of the UGCC, due to national security and in order to prevent a coup, and institute criminal proceedings against him for organizing a political coup.

Euro-Maidans (Euro-Squares = demonstrations in favour of eurointegration) are organized in line with American technologies, including presence of foreign militants, and therefore they lose the character of peaceful demonstrations. They endanger the health and life of the participants and, moreover, intend to overthrow the legitimate government. Shevchuk is one of the main ideologists of the coup and exploits the faithful of the UGCC for the purpose. Masses of people arrive in Kiev in response to the calls of S. Shevchuk. Therefore, it is now his duty to call on all members of the UGCC to leave the Maidan. If Shevchuk refuses to obey You as a government agency, cancel the registration of the UGCC. Through his fault, the religious organization of the UGCC has turned into a dangerous organization engaged in subversive activities and threatening the stability of the state. If You hesitate, it can have disastrous consequences.

Lvov, 10 December 2013

Events on Euro-Maidan 2013 (Euro-Square = demonstration in favour of eurointegration) in Ukraine are clear evidence of political crime – an attempt at a bloody coup d’etat. Opposition forces: Arseniy Yatsenyuk (political party “Batkivschina”), Vitaliy Klitschko (Party “UDAR” – Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform), Oleg Tyagnybok (Party “Svoboda”), hierarchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Card. Lubomir Husar, Msgr. Boris Gudziak, Msgr. Sviatoslav Shevchuk) and also the organization “Initiative Group of 1^st December” staged and led this coup in Ukraine. The so-called peaceful demonstrations, which exploited students, turned into violent political attacks on the police, into challenges of the opposition forces for the shedding of blood and for the overthrow of the Government and President. Unlawful blocking of administrative buildings of the government and an attempt to occupy them took place. There was only one reason: refusal to sign the Association Agreement with the EU.

“For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Lvov (Ukraine), 21 November 2013