Posted on 06/15/2026 4:53:53 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE
More than 80 years after Ukraine’s Dormition Cathedral was razed to its foundation during World War II, the reconstructed holy site was again engulfed in flames on Monday. The cathedral, a popular Christian pilgrimage destination, was struck when a wave of Russian attacks across multiple cities killed 11 people and injured dozens more, the Ukrainian government said. Two drones also struck the historic monastic complex in Kyiv that is home to the cathedral, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said in a post on social media. Videos verified by The New York Times show fire crew members on tall cranes, spraying water through windows glowing orange against the cathedral’s white exterior.
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Putin continues his fanatic quest against Christianity.
Not only is he in bed with Islamic Iran and helped it target US assets during the war with Iran, but since 4 years he has also proactively brought in armed Islamic Chechen troops onto European soil ordering them to attack Christian Ukraine.
He’s caput Africa Corps troops in Mali have lost all ground, conveniently letting the Islamic rebel group there take over nearly the whole place.
With Kremlin’s approval - Hundreds of thousands praying Islamists blocking the streets of Moscow. https://youtube.com/shorts/HLlgbaF0G48?is=NwrfmAxml0Fp6V0U
So yes, Putin is the most pro-Islamic Russian leader in Russia’s entire history. He shows it in a very spectacular demonstrative undeniable way.
The video of Christianity burning under NeoSoviet Russian bombs… “Russia bombards Kyiv, sets fire to famed cathedral”
https://youtu.be/M2rCDh-zjdM?is=GH-rnq-Fql8UEyra
Putin continues his fanatic quest against Christianity.
Not only is he in bed with Islamic Iran and helped it target US assets during the war with Iran, but since 4 years he has also proactively brought in armed Islamic Chechen troops onto European soil ordering them to attack Christian Ukraine.
He’s caput Africa Corps troops in Mali have lost all ground, conveniently letting the Islamic rebel group there take over nearly the whole place.
With Kremlin’s approval - Hundreds of thousands praying Islamists blocking the streets of Moscow.
https://youtube.com/shorts/HLlgbaF0G48?is=NwrfmAxml0Fp6V0U
So yes, Putin is the most pro-Islamic Russian leader in Russia’s entire history. He shows it in a very spectacular demonstrative undeniable way.
If you think the Russians are the great preservers of Christianity then you are one deluded soul. Christianity in Russia is more of a cultural thing than truly spiritual. Church attendance is roughly 5-15%.
CC
On October 10 and 11, 2025, representatives of the Ukrainian government and law enforcement sealed and took state ownership of the Holy Dormition Cathedral in Volodymyr, Ukraine. Formerly administered by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), the cathedral was transferred to the state and later the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
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