# Kiev uses Orthodox relics to pay for arms supplies, Russian Foreign Ministry says

https://mins.news/en/item/31785

- TASS, 2026-08-25 15:26 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2177547

> Russian Foreign Ministry envoy Mikhail Melekh said Ukrainian authorities may be seizing Orthodox relics and church furnishings to move them abroad and resell them. He said some allegedly stolen ancient Orthodox artworks could be used as collateral or payment for Western arms deliveries to Ukraine.