[Mariner]

This is BS Ukrainian disinformation.

Russia does not demolish churches in this modern era.

And you cannot cite a single example from a mainstream source.

[palmer]

This troll always had the oddest sources during the 2016 campaign.

[NorseViking]

In fact this is true but the idea is that the whole story is a provocation by the Ukrainian government with the purpose to provoke exactly that headline.
The picture of the ‘temple’ treadstarter included in a post is intentionally misleading.
Actual ‘church’ ordered removed is a small wooden shed with a cross on it installed by the schismatic political Ukrainian government church on someone’s else land (in the front yard of an apartment building in fact and in a manner to obstruct the use of the building by residents).
The only purpose of this building was to get demolished and to provoke headline like that.

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

https://apnews.com/24ae2d08b66d4d6287c60475f62dcde4/Historic-wooden-church-in-northwest-Russia-destroyed-by-fire

https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/ukraine-religious-liberty-moscow-russian-orthodox-church/

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2019-10/russia-hungary-upcoming-meeting-persecuted-christians.html

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/04/17/as-russians-raise-funds-for-notre-dame-critics-point-to-russias-burned-down-historical-churches-a65277

etc, etc

[AmericanInTokyo]

"This is BS Ukrainian disinformation.

Russia does not demolish churches in this modern era. And you cannot cite a single example from a mainstream source."

Oh, my, that post did not age very well!

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3423396-russian-invaders-destroy-19thcentury-wooden-church-in-zhytomyr-region.html