the steve, this guy is busy with the work you kind of russia, the division and be not to see. so i'm to maybe the 2024 election and somebody actually comes and bring back america. so they say maybe america's going. but the role in the region, we have seen that the cia director actually wasn't target 10 days ago. lindsey robin was in saturday last week. so they are trying to, they kind of chat or to you. their commitment is how they definitely are going in the state. as an american ally, we have a lot to share a lot to differ. however, the strategies change are going to be on the demand, some stuff that actually it's good for the country. it's good for the people who are good at the united states. also they have their interest in the region. but now what you're going to give me what i can give you back in order to satisfy my vision, my economic needs and many things like a metal, abraham jail, political analysts, thank you very much. thank you for as ukrainian troops

prepare for a push near the disputed village of belo barocha in the low gods republic. rushing water crews and drone operators are methodically breaking down camps. ranks ortiz, mariah garcia, sends us his report. spring has arrived to a batter. don bass, trees and greenery are blooming. it changes much drones will lose their edge. nature will conceal entire armies. these men are now veterans. they've been added since the conflict began. with the middle of the room, the situation is tense, yet stable. we see them begin in moving about, but we are in sleeping. we watch them. this is a 122 millimeter mortar squad, slaved to a drone operator. in tandem. they pommel the enemy to

see delegate of god, just outside lucy chance may be one of the locations where gradient forces are planning to launch their much higher counter offensive counter offensive from there's been a, a build up of troops there just a few kilometers away from us as well as all manner of antennas and external electronic warfare. radar jabbing equipment that has appeared there, which is why they watch the strewn footage shoes or russian artillery strike on the house taken over by ukrainian troops within seconds. ukrainian soldiers rush out of a nearby house and head to the scene. they are struck on route with a how it's a shell. through the smoke, they stumble to the scene where an evacuation vehicle has pulled up 3 head for the

house on the right. the rest mill about what exactly that moment. another shell comes screaming in directly on target god with work, which i remember when we came here last year. we were all fresh and green. we've learned a lot over the past year. there are lots of things to work on, but only he who does nothing makes no mistakes. ukraine's much hyped counter offensive is expected soon. and these soldiers know that the more of the enemy, they whittle down. now, the easier it will be. and next, as archie, full interview with russian orthodox 1st bishop metropolitan lanny, unkempt persecution of the canonical orthodox church. and the west involvement stayed here and see at the top of the hour. ah,

what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy, even foundation, let it be an arms race is on offense. very dramatic development. only personally and going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very political time. time to sit down and talk with he did a for many ukrainians and for many orthodox christians this easter week has been

quite a road to calvary. the ukrainian authorities are openly attacking the orthodox church, but in church services shut in down orthodox places of worship. and engaging in the kind of persecution the ukraine has not seen for a very long time. why is it happening? where does this lead to make sense of it all? i am joined today by metropolitan lay on need of kalynne. patriarchal exit of africa. jo, grace, thank you very much for joining us. let me start by asking you, how did we even get to this point? why are we regressing back to the times of religion persecution? good afternoon and thank you for inviting me. the subject you brought up is as poignant as it is tragic. we're having this conversation on holy week. the final week of great lent it's tuesday and with every passing day, the developments in ukraine produce more and more misery. he pains us, as these are our brothers and sisters the other day. i posted a video of my telegram channel showing 2 elderly women,

one of them very old and using a walking stick. these young people chanting down with mosque vite priests, the frenzy states. these people were in. that wasn't just a natural. it was outright satanic, demonic. yes, the demonic fervor and a vitriolic hate that everything russian, everything, orthodox, to understand the cause of all of this. i believe we have to look deeper into the past before the developments of these recent years. in my mind, we are dealing with the aftermath of certain ideas that have not been completely stamped out in the 19 forties fifties and 19 sixty's. it is the ukrainian a band to write ideology which managed to survive in a latent form, slowly, poisoning the minds and memories of generations. and it's now sprouting and bearing fruit. i do not think that one or 2 or even 3 years would have been enough time to

rewrite the minds of young men and women of thousands of people. yes, that's the unfortunate reality. we are saying, priests physically assaulted temples is seized. and as we all know, this persecution is directed against the ukrainian orthodox church. what a tragic period. this is truly. and yet here we are witnessing the acute phase of this tragedy unfold on holy week. we will continue to monitor the situation as it develops. but my wish is that it's stopped, as i say, it's the west is also adding fuel to the fire. all these terrible things are happening with their tacit consent. they are outright ignoring this genocide and i do believe the word is warranted. here. we can trace it all back to the, to thousands, even with the active phase happening since 2014, when a genocide was unleashed against the russian speaking population of ukraine. and

now it's got so bad that people a willingly destroying everything used to bind or to people's together. i for one, don't think they will succeed. as if trying to prove your points. a representative of the state department stated yesterday that the u. s. is not aware of any prosecution of the ukrainian orthodox church that they know nothing about it and that they see nothing wrong with it. rushes foreign ministry has already issued a response. so my question is, why on earth are they turn in blind eye to the soul? after all, the west is always so vocal about religious freedoms. every year they issue reports and freedom of religion, world wide, denouncing russia for allegedly refusing all faiths and denominations that the right to practice their religion. how then can they ignore such violations in ukraine? it is like they say might makes right, the u. s. and it satellites, the so called collective west have long since lost touch with reality. even now they refused to let go of their perceived victory in the cold war. for russia,

the legal success of the soviet union, things were tough in the 1990s. and in the years that followed, but we managed to get our act together and now we stand firm a stronger, more mature nation. we now have a clear sense of dignity and self worth. and i feel we should continue to instill these ideas in our people and defend them for our own sake above all. because the things happening in ukraine, the trends we see across western nations, that something which clearly must not be allowed into russia. we russians have already had a fair share of turmoil in godlessness. and let me tell you, it was an ugly experience. and one more thing, no country on earth has unleashed mole was and conflicts killing millions of people than the united states and its vassals in their 280 plus year history. what can we

say about yugoslavia then? what can we say about a rock? libya, syria, i can keep this list going. vietnam, afghanistan, and i can go on forever listing countries that the usa and the nato block invaded uninvited wreaking havoc and killing peaceful people. just recently, there was an anniversary of the invasion in iraq where the civilian population was exterminated. and no one was held accountable in you asked for what was happening in soviet times. when the baby c. c in and voice of america was saying that that would no religious freedoms in the u. s. s. are indeed those freedoms were absent. there were threats from crucial to show the priest on t v. we remember those threats very well. the church had to survive and he didn't

survive after the renee sons' of the 19 ninety's. it lives now and has a voice of its own while voice american. now we can see very well he was. there is a real battle going already, while we call it a special military operation, where our brothers and sisters are fighting now in the historical sense. it is a war, a war of civilizations. the west is trying to teach us alien values that destroy humans, destroy them as the creation of god. these values are alien, unacceptable to us. since childhood, we were taught a completely different doctrine regarding saving our souls regarding morality, decency, and attitude towards each other. the west though, is trying to paint a whole different picture for us while friends do as you wish. it's up to you to be leading entire nations into the fires of hell,

probably wishing them extinction. he talk about gender issues, lack of maternity, parent one and parent to, as the holy patriarch said in his recent sermon and a completely unacceptable for a normal person understanding of social life and so on. no, we don't need values like these. we live by our own principles and our own values. it is over these civilizational values that a war is being waged now. a war for people, souls, and their right for sovereign existence and living. at the same time, ukraine claims to be restored. the key of and bruce to be the direct descendant of the key of and bruce, they say that one day they will restore it. yet at the same time we hear from ukrainian authorities, officials, and clergy that russians are 2nd great people. there is no, as they say, how does it all relate? on the one hand, we see russian people being killed and oppressed. on the other hand,

it's covered up with ideas of imperial grandeur and restoration of historical memory. what is wrong with this historical memory that a ukraine is now federally? i think instead, it's a simple case of double standards of when you take something from people and give them something in return, you have to justify somehow what you're giving them. these days we had not see fascists slogans like ukraine above all. and there's no other way that similar to how things were developing in the late 19th thirty's, in germany and austria. we remember only 2. well, how that played out, and how many millions of casualties it costs the entire civilized world. but it's a very convenient strategy, and that it can be very quickly restored like this is a reason why i remembered the 19 fifties and 1960 s. when been derek gorillas were hunted down in ukrainian forests and swamps. some of them successfully pretended

later to be common soviet citizens. unfortunately, 19 nineties were a terrible time when we lost several generations in a spiritual sense of the word. something that nobody wants to repeat to day in my subject to view the west is pumping up ukraine with ideology that is falling on a very fertile ground. they know very well what buttons to push to turn ukraine and the ukrainians into an antique russian platform. and to make 2 paypals kill each other. we know very well that many believers of the ukrainian orthodox church. not the pseudo orthodox hell. ho created at the instigation of the us, true thy great vassal patriarch, gave the ukrainian orthodox church his worthless thomas. a piece of paper that means absolutely nothing. and when the time comes, the counsel of the orthodox church is all a meeting, a convention,

whatever you call it will take place when the patriarch will have to answer some very inconvenient questions. if he fails to answer them, they'll have to be tried or he'll have to go on trial for fighting to bring peace to every one every way. and ukraine, as he claimed, was his mission. instead, he only deepened a division and discord that his led to bloodshed, priests a being killed. parishioners had denied their constitutional right to practice the faith of that choice, such as the orthodox faith. and it is with regret that we must acknowledge that it will only get worse as off to day. this situation has no solution and its escalating to a catastrophe. and i believe that the current ukrainian state with its nazi colored ideology and its zealousness has no future. he, at the same time as far as i know, ukraine has claimed that its departure from the canonical orthodox faith is dictated by his desire to join the european community. even back in the 90s,

ukraine admitted that orthodox faith was the only really strong link between ukraine and russia and other brotherly nations. and those who sought to join europe . we're also seeking to destroy that connection. given everything we are now seen in ukraine and with such valleys, how real is it for it to actually joined the european community? does europe need ukraine was what it has to offer. well, right now, half of ukraine's population is living in europe. i know a lot of people including some friends who live in different countries of europe, and we're getting different accounts here ukrainians, a treated in europe, a 2nd rate, and even 3rd rate citizens. a negative attitude towards them will only increase with time. there's nothing that can fix this because it's about a huge difference in mentality, education and life values. it's totally impossible to comprehend what kind of

future the present ukrainian government is trying to build for its nation. the authorities guided and funded by the western coalition, whose ideas they channel, throat millions of people into a furnace of horrible events. we have to think about the future people who say that they value the ukrainian genetic pool must be aware of what is actually happening. you can't fade the people with propaganda all the time, but using russia as an excuse, russia defined it stance a long time ago. if russia had followed the example set by the us and nato with that so called interventions in other countries, there would have been millions of casualties, but we consider ukrainians aisle, brothers and sisters. no, that's why there is no carpet bombing, no strikes against central locations. russian soldiers sacrificed their lives for the lives of ukrainian citizens. no was a fault that way. i'm not

a military expert, but i've spoken to many officers and commanders. they've explained to me how this should have been done in accordance with regular combat principles. if we wanted a quick victory, russia would have achieved that. but at what cost? h. d. bruce, if occasion campaign has been launched in ukraine, his society, for example, services in orthodox churches are now to be conducted only in ukrainian. the russian language should never be used. the ukrainian orthodox church, his band, and many regions. how logical are they staffs, do they make any sense of such society? you can't find logic in ukrainian society right now. it's not that there is hatred towards everything russian. but let me remind you that the main liturgical language in the russian orthodox church is church lavonne egg. and it will be spoken in cathedrals, no matter what that is. just a matter of time and prayers for the patriarch of moscow will be lifted again and

not the way they doing it. now mentioning all other priests of local churches, they will follow the proper traditional guidelines. but again, it is just a matter of time. nobody will forgive anything in this respect. this is being written in blood. many people are giving their life for that right now, but we must appreciate that and be serious about it because the religious conflicts, the ukrainian leadership, is stoking now, ah, inadmissible. the fact that the international community is silent is a very bad sign for the future. but the good news is that it's revealing the true nature of the west, the bloody west, which throughout its history, has been profiteering at the expense of other people suffering and misery at the expense of other nations, peoples, and countries. the west has been conquering, in other countries, not for the sake of restoring order,

although what has the us to do with order in europe. i've mentioned the yugoslavia example already what has the u. s. sitting across the ocean to do with restoring order and imposing its vision in the middle east. in asia, america has no big this being in all these countries. the us, however, has a very clear idea about business interests. its own, primarily, this country with nato in tow, comes for the resources they realize very well that be soon enough. there will be a global shortage of resources, a food of clean water. all the things that russia has in abundance that's naturally makes russia price asset for the west. and to that are vos lance. we know the school. at the same time, our western bought his so to speak, or trying to propose a so called ether ceasefire. we have heard something to this effect from france and the vatican keeps trying to insert itself as

a piece broke or trying to reach some sort of settlement, how hypocritical are such overseas, given the fact that we know how biased they are, they can hardly be described as disinterested how absurd other calls for peace. let's leave the vatican aside for now. i'll say a few things about it later. you've mentioned france. how do you think france can propose peace initiatives if it's a direct participant in the conflict of supplying the ukrainians with powerful, heavy weaponry? that's right. what, what piece are they bringing? i've been following political developments, and we've recently witnessed president microns laughable visit to china. what did he accomplish? china did confirm that it was prepared to contribute to a settlement, but only provided that all countries interests were taken into account. we need to know what exactly you're proposing to us. are you suggesting we should stop again

and leave dozens or hundreds of thousands of civilians to be devoured by another nazi regime so that residential districts can be shelled again. look at what's going on in dynette school. it's been more than a year since the launch of the special military operation. and we still can't stop this carnage, but civilians are dying. they are deliberately targeting residential blocks, markets, hospitals, schools, video proof is available online. all of this is being ignored so, so you're absolutely right. this position is hypocritical and pathetic. whether we're talking about the french president or spokespeople from other european countries. the trying to say something. they have to say something for their voters . so they're saying it. but mr. mac ron had better look at what's going on in his

own country, france, how brutally protests over raising the retirement age of being quashed. people are being beaten up. hundreds and thousands of facing a legal charges. protest is being injured. i've recently seen a video of a poll woman being thrown by a special forces officer over his thigh. she landed on the asphalt. and i don't know if she even survived the injury she received. now let's go back to the vatican . first off, the vatican has not sent anything official regarding this east at cease fire. mister pest cough confirmed that nothing official has been achieved. the vatican implies that it has a certain point of contact in russia, which allegedly is always in touch and ready for a friendly chat over the phone. i passed the may have friendly chats with whom ever i want,

but that's not the official position or an addition. if we look at the vatican objectively, and the vatican would like us to see it as objective, we'll see that it has been receiving the so called victims of russian aggression and the wives insistence of the as of fighters. this ultra nationalist battalion is famous for its killings and sadistic violence and deserves to face an international tribunal together with other units of the same nature. the pope receives them, gives them a very warm welcome drinks tea with them. it gives them a pat on the shoulder, pledges his support for ukrainians and so on. again, what i'm saying here is my personal position. some of my colleagues may disagree with me, but i don't see the pope as a peacemaker. not in the least spit peacemakers. don't act like that. why doesn't the pope talk to the italian prime minister, for example?

why won't he try to get her to stop arming ukraine? he doesn't do that. why is he maniacally trying to push his advice or suggestions on to us? the do not really have substance. that's my take going back to the issue of ukraine and believers and right now around easter time, there have been denied access to many holy places. we've seen outrages developing us around the key features clara with monastery possessions, been confiscated for the needs of the orthodox church of ukraine. the same fate has befallen all the places of worship and key if which have been handed over to the key of back church authorities. what do you think they were trying to accomplish by those crude methods? what's the long term objective? and is there hope that these holy places will be returned to the rightful owners and will be accessible for churchgoers at some point, i don't doubt for a 2nd that it will go back to where it should be. the lord will say to it,

the justice may triumph. we've already talked about the persecution of the followers of the ukrainian orthodox church. what corridors of shame they've been forced to go through, like some ukranian officials before them when they were being subjected to the so called lustration, or vetting sooner or later, this will end. it will end with the defeat of the satanist regime. it will ends with the return of the key of picturesque glover and other places of worship which have been illegally seized. and people will once again be able to pray that unfortunately, many of them have been destroyed. i wrote about that in my telegram channel. when it comes to a show down, there's no guarantee that we won't see something like what nazi germany did when it blew up in its high historic districts. as its troops retreated in europe, towns were destroyed with thousands upon thousands of people were killed. god save

us from this massive loss of civilian life. but everything we're seeing now is pointing in this direction. crowds mostly young people and minus a being fred nazi ideology and these people the age. notwithstanding that you just go ahead and demolish everything in their way. however, sooner or later they will be stopped, for god cannot be marked as people have faith, we believe in the power of the passion and resurrection of christ. that's why we started our conversation by mentioning that it's wholly choose day to day. and we can project this story onto ukraine. as i always say, darkness will always be followed by light, the light of jesus resurrection as we are getting closer to the whole easter day, which is the main holiday for millions of believers in russia, ukraine, and around the world. what would you say to them in these,

trying and challenging times for the orthodox church? was your words of advice for your flock? i'd like to wish our brothers and sisters patience, wherever they are, whatever corner of the well they might be in. we all will celebrate the resurrection of jesus christ. we all in one way or another. be one with god. we're going through hard times right now. so each one of us should share this easter joy as best he can with those who can't experience it fully. according to the news i read yesterday, all churches will be closed for worshippers in ukraine. one way or another, our lord will rise, one way or another. he will bring joy to this world for another year. this joy of east to celebration should help us preserve peace, and most importantly, hope in our souls in these turbulent times. thank you for these warm wishes and

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