Bump!
Funny how neocons and democrats seem to forget that little historical fact.
“little historical fact”
The historic fact is Putin invaded Ukraine in 2014.
Half-baked Tucker Carlson went off the rails with false information. He was suckered into repeating that
Zelensky is ‘banning’ Christianity in Ukraine. This is a false narrative is propagated by Russian disinformation.
No safe harbor for Russian Orthodox Churches to harbor Russian agents or military supplies.
After the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire, the Orthodox Church centralized its home in Moscow, claiming to be the only remaining “true” Christian church. Ukrainian parishes were gradually brought under Moscow’s control. In the following centuries, there has been a push for independence by the UOC. This idea gained traction after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
In 2014, in the aftermath of the Euromaidan Revolution, Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv founded an independent Orthodox Church Of Ukraine without the approval of Moscow, USIP reports.
“We will ensure complete independence for our state. In particular, spiritual independence,” stated Zelensky in response to the recent church crackdown. “We will never allow anyone to build an empire inside the Ukrainian soul.”