The United States welcomes the tolerance and openness that contributes to the prosperity of religious freedom throughout Ukraine, and condemns the religious restrictions imposed by the Russian occupation forces in Crimea and its proxies in the Donbas.
This is stated in the Facebook post of the US Embassy in Ukraine on the occasion of the International Day of religious freedom.
On International Religious Freedom Day, the United States celebrates the tolerance and openness that encourage religious freedom to thrive across Ukraine. We urge Russia’s occupying forces in Crimea and its proxies in the Donbas to allow Crimean Tatars, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, and all others to worship freely without fear or influence," the appeal says.