Posted on 09/18/2026 11:17:27 AM PDT by Olympiad Fisherman
Mark Sutherland interviews Dr. R. Mark Mark Musser, a missionary currently serving in wartime Ukraine. Dr. Musser has served in the former Soviet Union for 30 years, living in four different countries.
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Can you possibly give us the short version?
Regards,
Dr. Musser first talks about his books and work history for the first 10 minutes. After that, the discussion talks about the Russo-Ukraine war. Musser provides its historical context rooted in the history of the Soviet Union, its fall, and the significance of the Budapest Mermorandum signed in 1994 that was broken when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014. Musser further talks about the criminal state that comprises the Kremlin, Ukraine’s own troubles, and Paul Manafort’s efforts in Ukraine for 10 years that strangely is never discussed. Musser concludes by discussing the spiritual angle of the war that is seldom appreciated.
Dr. Mark Musser on Ukraine, Russia, and Global Spiritual Warfare: A Christian Missionary Perspective from the Inside. Posted on 8/23/2025, 1:26:53 PM by Olympiad Fisherman
As to this post about the same individual, one learns that there have been "114 views Premiered Sep 16, 2026" according to the YouTube channel info.
From his own YouTube channel, Dr. Mark Musser , this is "hot off the press." His channel declares "@markmusser2572 • 94 subscribers • 34 videos."
Seems like a nice enough fellow, representing the " Ararat-Rainer East-West Fellowship,"

The Budapest Memorandum really went out the window when the Russians intercepted and leaked Nuland's call, wherein she and the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine picked the replacement for the Ukrainian President weeks before he was overthrown by a violent mob.
It sounds like pro-Kremlin propaganda which I am very skeptical of, and even if it were true, President Yanukovych was just a Russian puppet whose plan was to make Ukraine subservient to Moscow. The idea that Russia cares about Ukrainian independence is absurd on its face. That is the last thing they want.
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