A coalition of lawmakers has introduced a bill to address the alleged persecution of Christians and other religions by Russian forces in occupied Ukraine. The Countering Russia's War on Faith Act, introduced by Republican South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson, would require the secretaries of state and defense to provide a joint report on Russia’s suppression of religious liberties in occupied territories and Ukraine. It also instructs the president to implement sanctions on those found guilty of violating religious freedom. The bill targets groups such as Protestant, Catholic, Muslim, and Orthodox Christian communities not aligned with the Russian Orthodox Church. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), one of two Orthodox communities in Ukraine, has spent much of the war trying to prove it has severed administrative ties with the ROC but has faced little success.