This is reported by "LIGA.net".

In the register, the new church is listed as a legal entity under the name “Kyiv Metropolis of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Orthodox Church of Ukraine)”.

The church structure was registered on January 30, 2019.

On January 6, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople handed over to Ukraine Tomos about the autocephaly of the PCU.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the new church structure of Ukraine is a political project aimed at separating the Russian and Ukrainian peoples.