Three Slovaks expelled from Ukraine for anti-Ukrainian activities

Three Slovaks who supported pro-Russian separatists had been arrested in Lviv, Ukraine, and expelled from the country, with a ban on future re-entry. On Wednesday the Aktuality.sk portal brought this story. The Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Ministry confirmed that it is aware of the situation and its being monitored by Slovakia's consulate-general in Uzhhorod. The Slovaks were reportedly members of a self-proclaimed - but never recognised - Church called the Ukrainian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church (UOGCC), whose activities have been halted by Ukraine's security forces. The organisation's leaders spread "a separatist message and incited religious intolerance towards other beliefs" and approved of the terrorist activities of the self-proclaimed republic and engaged in anti-Ukrainian propaganda said aktuality.sk, citing Ukraine's intelligence agency SBU. According to the web portal aktuality.sk, the Ukrainian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church also goes by the name of 'the Dohnal Sect', owing to the nickname of one of its leaders - Czech national Antonin Dohnal.