President Volodymyr Zelenskiy imposed sanctions on one of Ukraine's richest businessmen and nine senior priests associated with the Russian Orthodox Church, blocking their assets for five years.
The move was the latest in a series of steps taken by Kyiv against the Russian Orthodox Church, which has vocally supported President Vladimir Putin's almost-year-old invasion of Ukraine.
A decree published on the president's website late on Tuesday said the sanctions were introduced against Vadym Novinsky, whose wealth before the war was estimated at between $1.3 billion and $3.5 billion by the Forbes Ukraine outlet.
