Ukraine seeks house arrest for Orthodox leader.

Ukraine's top security agency has accused Metropolitan Pavel, the abbot of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, of justifying Russia's aggression, a criminal offense. Pavel has strongly resisted the authorities' order to vacate the complex, and prosecutors have asked the court to put him under house arrest pending the investigation. The dispute surrounding the property is part of a wider religious conflict that has unfolded in parallel with the war. The Ukrainian government has cracked down on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church over its historic ties to the Russian Orthodox Church, whose leader, Patriarch Kirill, has supported Russian President Vladimir Putin in the invasion of Ukraine.