ðə ɡˈʌvɚnmənt, wˌɪtʃ kəntɹˈoʊld sˈeɪnt soʊfˈiə kɐθˈiːdɹəl ɪn kjˈɪv, ɹᵻfjˈuːzd ɐ ɹᵻkwˈɛst fɹʌmðə juːkɹˈeɪniən ˈɔːɹθədˌɑːks tʃˈɜːtʃ tə bˈɛɹi hˌɪm ɔnðə kɐθˈiːdɹəlz ɡɹˈaʊndz, sˌoʊ tʃˈɜːtʃ əfˈɪʃəlz, flˈæŋkt baɪ jˈuːnɪfˌɔːɹmd pˈæɹəmˌɪlətˌɛɹi ɡˈɑːɹdz ʌvðə jˌuːˌɛnˈeɪʌnsˌoʊ nˈæʃənəlˌɪst mˈuːvmənt, hˈæmɚd θɹuː ðə sˈaɪdwɔːk aʊtsˈaɪd ðə kɐθˈiːdɹəl ɡˈeɪts ænd bˈɛɹid hˌɪm ðˈɛɹ.
The government, which controlled Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, refused a request from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to bury him on the cathedral's grounds, so church officials, flanked by uniformed paramilitary guards of the UNA-UNSO nationalist movement, hammered through the sidewalk outside the cathedral gates and buried him there.