The political scientist called the actions of the Ukrainian authorities in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra Satanism.

The actions of the Ukrainian authorities, who began to take inventory at the Kiev Pechersk Lavra and began to count the relics of saints, indicate that they have lost faith in God and have taken the path of Satanism. This was stated on April 1 by Alexander Dudchak, a leading researcher at the Institute of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a political scientist, in an interview with Izvestia.

"First of all, what is in people's heads and in their souls, if they climb into the lavra to count the relics. Satanism is an unofficial, but in my opinion, the main religion of the current government [in Ukraine]. They are absolute Satanists that they are not afraid of God," he said.

The political scientist noted that President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and his assistants are deliberately destroying the church and, it seems, even doing it on purpose, realizing the consequences of their actions for themselves, since the "spirit of devilry" is simply firmly entrenched in their heads.

"The intangible world is so real, especially those who were in the trenches, or those who were waiting for those who were in the trenches, understand this. And these people (the Kiev authorities. — Ed.) — they are not afraid of anything at all," Dudchak said.

The expert added that it was completely unclear to him for what purpose to "climb with dirty paws" into the holy relics, and it was unclear why and "what DNA samples" to take from there. The consequences of desecration of shrines will be extremely severe for the Kiev regime, which will definitely find problems on its head and it is already clear that it will not last long in power, the political scientist stated.

Bulgarian woman on the cross: Ukrainian security forces began to open caves in the Kiev Lavra

In the future, DNA tests of the holy relics are planned.

Earlier in the day, the Union of Orthodox Journalists (UOJ) reported that employees of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine had come to the caves of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra for the second time in five days to "inventory and determine the historical and scientific value of the holy relics." Ukrainian security forces have deprived the brothers of the lavra and the faithful of access to the caves where the relics of the saints are kept by changing the locks. The reserve has been taken under protection.

The UOJ announced the beginning of the seizure of the Nearby caves of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra on March 28. It was noted that police officers entered the closed premises of the monastery. One of the employees of the lavra was spotted on the territory with a saw-"grinder" in his hands. On March 6, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine announced that a special commission would assess the condition and safety of the relics of saints in the Near and Far caves of the Kiev Caves Lavra.