the orthodox church of ukraine from okhtyrka thank him for the fact that he revived and rebuilt the church in okhtyrka. and now in this city there is an orthodox church of ukraine directly now let's watch economic news with our colleague andrii pianitsky , after that we'll return to the discussion, we'll have denisenko on the air at one, the adviser to the minister of internal affairs of ukraine, and we'll talk with him about the operational situation as of this morning, wait, we will return. well, right now, there is a short video message. and after it, the economy with andriy yaetsky. greetings. my name is ilya berezenko. eight years ago, i started working on the espresso tv channel. i started by covering the events of the revolution of dignity. at that time, the espresso tv channel tried to close many times in the first days of the full-scale russian invasion of ukraine, many employees of the espresso tv channel became victims of the armed forces of ukraine's territorial defense volunteer battalions and volunteer paramilitary

of the orthodox church. this is how the seminarians of the orthodox church of ukraine remade the dog in rovno our father sciencene proposes that we declare a four-day truce during easter, that is, for four days we are invited to become believers of the same faith after the schism. and why did deputy chairman of the security council dmitry medvedev say this very precisely? listen , the un secretary general proposes to declare a four-day easter truce in ukraine an hour later, german chancellor comrade scholz calls for an increase in the supply of weapons to ukraine, including heavy ones, so that russia, as they like to say , will never be defeated by the very consistent position of the international community. and what should ordinary people be guided by. and what to think the leader of other countries. do you remember what was written on the buckles of the nazis for a year, not tons, that is , these people. those who did, they were convinced that what god is with them, but these people also think that the god of ukraine is with them. this man, who found a phone in the pocket of a dead russian soldier and called

ukraine. how big a strain is this putting on the orthodox church in particular, and those 90 odd million orthodox christians? it is a big strain. it is particularly putting strain on members ofdox church in ukraine itself, already there is an independent ukrainian orthodox church, and now we are seeing more and more priests who have felt so torn between their country and the russian orthodox church led by patriarch kirill, they feel that what he has been doing, endorsing the war, effectively blessing it, making it a holy war, is completely unacceptable and they are also talking about splitting. i read something today from a theologian in ukraine who suggested that as many as half of the 12,000 parishes of the russian orthodox church in ukraine could break away, so this is really significant. there are also some priests in russia itself who have started to be more and more anxious about what is happening, but for them you can imagine it's extremely tough to speak out, and we are also seeing breakaways as well elsewhere. the russian orthodox church in amsterdam, for example, has decided it will break away from moscow. how important has russian orthodoxy been to the narrative t

orthodox church. and it renamed its the ukraine orthodox church. many ukrainians when they went to their churches didn't even know if they were giving money to moscow, to the moscow patriarchy or head ofrainian orthodox church of the patriarch -- sorry, but it's losing parishes by huge numbers right now during the war. >> i think you've done an excellent job synthesizing a very complicated subject. i'll just take the final word because i want to make this clear, the orthodox church in america and the russian orthodox church outside of russia have both condemned the invasion. thank you, dr. pevny, appreciate your time. >> you're welcome. >>> ahead with mask mandates morphing. this week, president biden mistakenly confused the idea between the border and mask mandates. >>> and with ford with the f-150 pickup could it allow ford to zoom past tesla. the company's chief engineer is ready to discuss the gamble. >>> and also go to smerconish.com and vote. should disney have taken a position on florida's new education law? different how? you sell high h commission investment products, right? (fisher investments) nope. fisher avoids them. (othther money manager) well, you must earn commissions

of the orthodox church. now the orthodox church in ukraine is a church of martyrs, because those people who profess orthodoxy a breakfast of martyrdom for their confession, these priests, these parishioners who go now in churches, so they are trying to ban our church yes, because they do not can withstand this cross because in fact these people have sniffed and are already there saturated with blood. they are really are on the other side. and these are the forces of evil, this must be understood, i cannot but ask, but on our side there are now guys from chechnya, our guys who profess other religions. do representatives of other religions have more understanding. what is real faith than those on the other side, because well, the chechens speak openly. what religion they are committed to, but this does not interfere with them. on the contrary, it probably even strengthens us in understanding that we are together. and now we will show what the so-called do. ukrainian christians, let's see. let's talk about the so -called priest of the russian orthodox church whom the nazis, who call themselves christians in quo

orthodox church. he's an ally of putin and says the war is a culture clash between russia and western liberal values but a former superior says putin is destroying the russian orthodox church in ukraine an expert on eastern orthodox christianity. thank you for coming on. you also belong to the orthodox church in america. i'm wondering what do you make of the claim that putin is destroying it? >> well, i think it's -- there's a lot to it and the fact that he's aligned so closely with president putin and to the point of supporting the war is discrediting the orthodox church in the world and in ukraine. >> right. the religion is very similar, obviously, russia ukraine. i'm wondering, some experts say the russian orthodox religion is crucial to putin's vision of recreating a russian empire. help us better understand what that connection might be. >> so this is -- it's an alliance you can say made between president putin about ten years ago. these ideas haven't always been central to putin but ten years ago, when putin faced the most serious opposition in the runup to his third term, he embraced the ideas the patriot developed of the russian world and belarus and ukraine as being distinct

a "fratricidal war" is how a group of dissenting priests from the russian orthodox church describe their country's invasion of ukraine could wreck the spiritual ambition of kirill, patriarch of moscow and all russia, to reunite the church in the two countries, just as it could wreck the political ambition of his sponsor, vladimir putin. on the other side of the continent in france, a country which used the blade of a guillotine to eviscerate the divine right of kings along with the religion that sustained it, political parties — broad churches during the 20th century — lack believers. and what faith should the british place in a prime minister determined by the police to have broken his own covid law? catherine, lets start with what is happening in ukraine. how big a strain is this putting on the orthodox church in particular, and those 90 odd million orthodox christians? it those 90 odd million orthodox christians?— christians? it is a big strain. it is particularly _ christians? it is a big strain. it is particularly putting - christians? it is a big strain. it is particularly putting strain i christians? it is a b

head of the russian orthodox church is supporting russia's war and invasion, how does he feel about that? >> the fact that the head of the russian orthodox supports russia's aggression of ukrainen orthodox church is under the influence of the kremlin and on the other hand russian society is a victim of propaganda. griff: father alexander, what is your message this easter? >> the peace of easter gives us hope that good always defeats evil. light conquers darkness and love conquers hatred and truth conquers untruth and the ukrainian people will win because the truth is on our side and if the truth is on our side, god is with us. we have not attacked anyone. we want to live in our home in our country peacefully but we will win. evil will be stopped because god is always with truth, with good and light. griff: how hard has this been for you personally to see atrocities in kyiv and elsewhere and mariupol? >> it's hard to put into words. every person who has a heart and soul seen bucha, i was there personally, mariupol, my heartbreaks with human atrocities the kremlin destroy the ukrainian people. griff: heartbreaks for the tragedies that we saw in bucha and as father alexander says

of reaching anywhere. and president vladimir persian has attended an east, a mass conducted by the russian orthodox church, which is strongly back to the ukraine. wall of the invasion has splinted, the greater orthodox church. it's varies. ladies have come on to pressure to condemn persian, to starting the conflict. still ahead on al jazeera will tell you why people are unhappy after the biggest armed group in southeast asia, endorsed a presidential candidate for the 1st time class. i'm gabriel's onto new york, one of the world's biggest antique book fairs. coming up all introduce you to one book that was written by a child that is selling for more than $1000000.00. now the florida sun is warm the moment and there's a blizzard in the dakotas. quite a surprising difference in the weather north to south in north america where there it is. that is a proper springs. dawn was real winter tucked into it from the prairies in the middle of canada dancers, and said the dakotas, catching montana wyoming as well, and temperatures. therefore knocked back in minneapolis and they will be in chicago because the time being this is quite warmer by the cold me

in part, the kremlin said it was liberating followers of the russian orthodox church here in ukraine x churches here have been destroyed in the invasion and countless congregants killed. nikolai was a russian orthodox priest in kharkiv, but fled the horrors of bombing. he has turned against the moscow leadership he once followed. translation: when i hear them say they are protecting us and fighting i a holy war, i think they are either blind and don't know what is happening, or they are not serving god but the devil. today, compassion in the name of god, or gods, has been on display here. but there are questions about whether faith leaders could do more to put pressure on the kremlin or on the church supporting it. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in western ukraine. as russia prepares for the new offensive, families back home are counting the cost of the war. thousands of russian soldiers have been sent to their deaths here in ukraine and as the fighting ramps up in the east, many more are likely to lose their lives. vladimir putin said in his first comments for some time on the conflict, th

actively justify russian aggression and genocide of the ukrainian people and spread fakes about the war in ukraine. detained a priest of the ukrainian orthodox churchmoscow patriarchate for cooperation with the rashists, they recognized transnistria, announced the military meeting was informed about this by the ukrainian intelligence, as evidence they released a letter from the so-called ministry of defense to the heads of local administrations. it states that the purpose of the meeting is to strengthen the army of the unrecognized republic and provide employment to the population. they invite men under 55 who are guaranteed full support from 2,000,800 local rubles. the meeting will begin 1 june and they will last for three months, despite the fact that it is formally voluntary, there is information that the conscription will be of a compulsory nature, a historic vote , the german parliament voted to provide heavy german weapons to ukraine, at the same time , military aid to ukraine should be accelerated wherever possible, the proposal was supported by the ruling coalition and the largest opposition block of the hdsc, 586 deputies voted in favor, 1

his statements have split the world wide orthodox church in ukraine. orthodox easter is happening under the shadow of war. dw correspondent rebecca ritter's visited one village north east of keep that was under russian control until a few weeks ago. the community there came together to build a makeshift chapel after russian soldiers destroyed their church. oh, on recall and reflection, the jesus who sacrificed all to die on the cross. it's the saddest day in the christian calendar for the worship is here in this village outside keith there. good friday service seen this night shift chapo has taken on an even deeper meaning this year. oh, russian soldiers marching on keys. then there 19th century church to the ground, flood earth pro with you. all the missile hit the altar of the church on the eastern side of the building for the damage spread inside icn, the windows exploded out sidney. it was a direct hit in atlanta when the church was burning. i thought my soul was burning . she the icon of the prophet elijah, the only thing to survive when i was with alissa it survived under the ruined is really,

of ukraine into a holy war. here is chief religion correspondent green. >> we need to be very strong, the armed forces first and foremost. >> reporter: the head of the russian orthodox churchnvading ukraine in support of vladimir putin's violent and bloody campaign is angering the christian orthodox world. this man of god is more politician than priest. >> he's a kind of -- >> reporter: theologian and journalist sergei worked with him for 15 years in the moscow orthodox church. he says once he rose to the highest rank of patriarch 13 years ago, he restructured the church for mob autocratic and in line with putin's vision to recreate imperial russia. >> he's using relishes -- religious language. >> reporter: critics say he justifies supporting the invasion by calling it a push back against western decadence and liberalism. >> the violence that putin is unleashing in ukraine is designed to protect russian speakers from the godless west. >> reporter: church observers say putin sees himself as defenders of orthodox christianity. his faith is less about the gospel of jesus christ and more about maintaining power over an institution that's larger in scope than even russia itself

about the need to impose personal sanctions on the leadership of the russian orthodox church for inciting enmity , justifying war against ukrained we gave a list of people who are responsible for this is the legitimization of the russian orthodox church of the war and the first on our list was kirill e patriarch of moscow, according to your assessment, how real is the fact that the leader of the entire russian orthodox church, although we understand what a huge political fate there is in the activity of this russian orthodox church, can be brought to justice, are there any precedents in modern history when, well, such titled religious figures were condemned, precedents of such a high level, no, i do not remember and i am not convinced that they exist, but these precedents must be created. i will remind you that when the journalists of radio-1000 hills were brought to justice for the fact that they incited enmity and thus contributed to the commission of crimes against humanity, and the reproduction of so-so during the genocide in grundy, so they also made excuses and said that they were journalists, and actually they did not ki

suspect treason on the part of kovalev orthodox terrorists the russian orthodox church received instructions to agitate parents and relatives of russians to go to war in ukraine ukrainian intelligence released a list of priests of the rpc who agreed to promote the kremlin's narratives propagandists in robes actively justify russian aggression and the genocide of the ukrainian people, actively spread fakes about the war in ukraine, and the day before in ukrainian in severodonetsk, a priest of the ukrainian orthodox church of the moscow patriarchate was detained for cooperation with racists. in unrecognized transnistria , a military assembly was announced. ukrainian intelligence reported this as evidence. a letter from the so -called ministry of defense to the heads of local administrations was made public. it states that the purpose of the assembly is to strengthen the army of the unrecognized republic and provide employment men up to 55 years of age are invited to participate, who are guaranteed full support from 2,000,800 local rubles, fees will begin 1 in june and will last three months, despite the formal voluntary nature, there is information that the con

orthodox church. and if we still remember, under poroshenko, they tried to ban it on the territory of ukraine. eir own unian church, then there is information that zelensky was preparing and is still hatching the idea of ​​banning the russian orthodox church. they showed footage as a priest of the russian orthodox church. right during the service. the nazis come and take away. it is for us what signal? we need to be aware that we have a holy war going on in ukraine right now. the fact is that the nazis are after gold and these other formations. they are straight up satanists. if someone is not completely understood, you can take youtube, which has not yet been turned off, which is still functioning and look at their torchlight procession, and at their various rituals. the fascists are resting. i mean, those fascists are hitler's. this is a pagan object. this is a pagan rite. they don’t even consider themselves the basics, but the splinter is such a surzhik norwegian german house aces in norwegian german. they invented it, they invented a lot of things, but as a result they created such a bloody

orthodox church. the russian patriarch and ally of president vladimir putin. his throne, his support behind the war, and used his sermons to justify it. that's angered church leaders in ukraine and others across the orthodox faith. its spiritual leader has pushed for an end to the fighting, calling it an indescribable human tragedy. russia's annexation of crimea led to a part of ukraine's clergy splitting from the moscow to branch in 2018. there. a fee of the war could further rupture the wider church. president philosophy, as lensky urged ukrainians not to it. anger overwhelmed him because he had to show, wouldn't you? today's great holiday gives us the great hope and belief that light will win over darkness. good will win over evil life that will win over data, and therefore ukraine will win. inevitably, ga, mailed to me, o, a prayer for peace and hope heard and found across ukraine. alixia brian al jazeera, the for the 1st time governments around the world have spent more than 2 trillion dollars on military expenses. the stock home international peace research institute says spending actually increased during the code 1900 pandemic. the united states tops the list with mo

orthodox church. the russian patriarch and ally of president vladimir putin. his throne, his support behind the war, and used his sermons to justify it. that's angered church leaders in ukraine and others across the orthodox faith. its spiritual leader has pushed an end to the fighting, calling it an indescribable human tragedy. rushes annexation of crimea led to a part of ukraine's clergy splitting from the moscow to branch in 2018. there. a fee, as the war could further rupture the wider church. president philosophy, as lensky urged ukrainians not to live. anger overwhelmed him because he wouldn't you. today's great holiday gives us the great hope and belief that light will win over darkness. good will win over evil life will win over data and therefore ukraine will win. inevitably ga, mailed to me. oh. ringback the prayer for peace and hope heard and found across ukraine. alixia brian al jazeera. yes, president joe biden has accepted an invitation from his roles, prime minister of tale bennett, to visit the white house as by law. make the trip in the coming months. the to lead a spoke on the side about the 10 situation and i'll actually most compound in occupied east jeru

primates of the russian orthodox church, released white doves into the sky, the bird symbolizes the measures of purity, and in his sermons, the patriarch spoke with believers of the situation in ukraineur church. about the fact that the orthodox church does not suffer any damage and, first of all, that there are no false teachings. they violated the sanctity of the church. our prayer today about preserving the spiritual unity of the russian land. the investigative committee is now collecting evidence for the future war crimes tribunal of ukrainian neo-nazis , head of the investigative committee oleksandra bastrykin said today, he held a field meeting in donetsk today. now russian researchers are working in the liberated territories and fixing all the facts from the shelling of humanitarian convoys. yes, hostage-taking and the use of citizens. as a human shield, starting from february, a already 146 criminal cases. well, there are more than three thousand of them in the prosecutor's office of the dpr and lpr. the ukrainian version of the tragedy in bucha, where a few days after the departure of our military, the kiev authorities showed journalists the bodies of dead civilians are alre

in russian ancient nationalist tradition of burning their seller publicly repents technically i will burn i beg your pardon glory to ukraine on the orthodox churchcow patriarchate of persecution. in the city of boldly cherkasy region, right during the service pulled out of the church priest church property going to nationalize the verkhovna rada registered the relevant bill. we judge, we condemn those people who, during the war, take away our parishes for these actions. we can qualify as looting once again, referring to all the people who are involved in taking away the temples. you are inciting hostility, the slovenian embassy was forced to remove the flag of the creation of the tricolor resembled a russian slavic outpost. we proudly raised slovenian european flags. they fluttered beautifully in the wind, but in the morning representatives of the national guard of ukraine arrived, then police representatives asked if we could take down the slovenian flag, because it looks too similar to the russian one and in europe they notice this when zelensky and continuing his tour of the parliaments of the world speaks to the dutch listen to him fundament

marriage of church and state from 2014 and the annexation of crimea an active fan of the war in ukraine so i think it does alienate thousands of people in ukraine that practice russian orthodox but alienates people part of the ukrainian orthodox church that recently became a couple years ago. i think we can also understand not only as a political problem, this is also a destruction of ties forged over centuries. >> how does one fight, you know, a war that is not about anything convepgs l l but a belief the people you're fighting don't exist and another part of this thread said at first, russians thought of ukrainians as redeemable by the fact they're resisting being reconscripted, they deserve to die. that soul most isis-like thinking. how does one fight an army that is thinking like that? >> you fight it with the truth and, you know, this is reminiscing of many struggles we've seep. this is a genocide. these are people of ukrainian origin being destroyed because of their nature and ethnicity and position in history. we've seen it in the way armeniaens and jews and many races are attacked in genocidal ways so start with position of telling the truth. number two, tactically,

. >> on sunday, patriarch head of the russian orthodox church blessed soldiers invading ukraine vladimirorld this supposed man of god is more powerful politician than priest. >> he is a small copy of putin. is he a kind of putin's oligarch. and live a life like other oligarchs lead. >> chap nin worked with him in a orthodox church. once he rose to the highest rank of patriarch 13 years ago he restructured the church to be more autocratic and in line with putin's vision to recreate imperial russia. >> is he using religious language for political reasons. >> after the soviet collapse, the church gained power by promoting conservative values like traditional marriage and gender roles. critics say he justifies supporting the invasion by calling it a pushback against western decadence and liberalism. >> so the violence that putin is unleashing in ukraine is designed to protect russian speakers from the godless west. >> church observers sees himself as defender of orthodox christianity but his faith is less about the gospel of jesus christ and more about maintaining power over an institution t

orthodox church. the russian patriarch and ally of president vladimir putin. his throne, his support behind the war, and used his sermons to justify it. that's angered church leaders in ukraine and others across the orthodox faith, its spiritual leader has pushed for an end to the fighting, calling it an indescribable human tragedy. russia's annexation of crimea lead to a part of ukraine's clergy splitting from the moscow lead branch in 2018. there are fears, the war could further rupture. the wider church president for law to me as a lensky urged ukrainians not to let anger overwhelm them. vilegas out as a wooden you, today's great holiday gives us the great hope and belief that light will win over darkness. so good will win over evil life will win over it after the law. therefore ukraine will win inevitably audra milk, mute. oh. ringback a prayer for peace and hope heard and felt across ukraine. alexia bryan, l g 0 at said to china now, which is rising to track a carbon 19 outbreak that may have been spreading the capital for wake badging residents have been rushing to by central items and cans, amid concerns that are widespread, locked down could be imposed let's go to ka

the former archbishop of canterbury says the russian orthodox church could be expelled from the world council of churches because of its stance on ukraine

of armor putin's war on ukraine is being waged with the blessing of the russian orthodox church. but not all its followers are behind the invasion. when russian monastery here in germany is taking a different stand. monks at saint garrick's abbey, north of berlin, have opened their doors to ukrainian refugees, and every news wanted to visit them soon. oh, missouri, about to kneel, earbuds greets his guests. normally his 9 monks would be eating in the small kitchen. but this russian orthodox monastery has taken in about 20 refugees from ukraine. sir. now every one takes their meals in shifts. they communicate in russian. the refugees have been integrated into the monasteries. daily routine era has been assigned to the garden. she found sanctuary here together with her parents and daughter. she shows as photos of her life in key if visiting the christmas market with her daughter outings with her mother. she never dreamed that war would break out and she'd have to flee her own country north via viber, to spin ortho national would be every day. we're in touch with our neighbors on so

orthodox church. the russian patriarch and ally of president vladimir putin. his throne, his support behind the war, and used his sermons to justify it. that's angered church ladies in ukraine and alice, across the orthodox faith. it's spiritual leader, his pushed for an end to the fighting, calling it an indescribable human tragedy. russia's annexation of crimea led to a part of ukraine's clergy splitting from the moscow lead branch in 2018. there are fears the war could further rupture. the wider church president for laudermill zalinski urged ukrainians not to let anger overwhelm them. vilegas felt as a wooden you, today's great holiday gives us the great hope and belief that light will win over darkness. good will win over evil life or will win over death. so therefore ukraine will win inevitably, audra milt, mute ah, a prayer for peace and hope heard and felt across ukraine. alixia brian else's era at least 12 people have died in another 10 are missing after 4 boats carrying a 120 migrants and refugees sank near tunisia. the coast guard rescued at least 90 people off the coast of sparks. it's become a departure point for people seeking a better life in europe. the coast

say, because at the heart of this ward is also the issue of influence over the orthodox church. traditionally, the, the, the orthodox here in ukraine were part of the russian patriarchy. but that has started to change ever since 2014, when russia next 1st crimea. and then with all that done, best war had that has been ongoing, ever since. there has been a split between these 2 churches, the russian patriarchy real, fully endorsing the political rhetoric coming out of the kremlin, that ukraine and russia just one people, one country separated by a fake, a border, also fully endorsing this war, saying it is to liberate the russian speakers of ukraine, the ethnic luncheon of the crane and venus, if i you create well, that has angered this church here because the ukrainian church ever since the war started has been a providing humanitarian aid for civilians has been overseeing the funeral of all the soldiers who have died in this conflict actually on the wall outside of this monastery of this church raderts. it's a kind of a large complex. you have all these pictures of a soldiers who have died in the conflict ever since 2014. so it is

of being an orthodox christian and watching the russian orthodox church blessing the killing of orthodox ukrainians. tom nichols is joining me right now. so good to see you. you call putin's invasion of ukraineall man, a frightened and delusional thug who believes he is doing god's will. why does he believe these things? >> well, putin has been surrounded for years now by nationalistic, right-wing figures and clerics and priests in the russian orthodox church, including the patriarch who has a long history -- to put it gently, being comfortable with the security services and state power. was this the putin of 20 years ago? hard to say. i think he misses the soviet union, but that nostalgia for the soviet period has translated into this notion goated on by the people around him that he can restore something bigger than the soviet union. he can put the russian world back together under orthodox christianity. and i think he genuinely believes it now. >> and how did we get here? how did he get to this point? he didn't appear to publicly strengthen his ties until his third term in office. what was the catalyst for this change that you just, you know, stated which really does solidify his power ba

orthodox country press. vladimir putin attended an easter mass early on sunday in moscow's christ as savior. cathedral service was led by the head of the russian orthodox church patriot keybo, who said he hope the conflict in ukraine would end quickly to deal has strongly back the kremlin war and ukraine estatements as splintered the worldwide orthodox church. owing stations have opened across france and the presidential runoff between and come and leader emanuel mccomb and as far right challenger marine the pen, they emerged as the top 2 candidates after the 1st round. 2 weeks ago, back home received nearly 28 percent of the votes, while le pen had just over 23. paul suggest the race is much tighter than 5 years ago when french voters faced the same choice. as crossover live now to central paris, where dw corresponded, sonya found the cart joins us for more. sonya mccoy is expected to win. any chance of a surprise though? you're right. i mean mcroy is leading in the polls, but i think a marine le pen victory, a kind of an upset victory is possible. and i think that her number of factors that make today is lot quite unpredictable. you know, i think for one la pens chances of improve vastly in the selection. she's

the former archbishop of canterbury says the russian orthodox church could be expelled from the world council of churches because of its stance on ukrainee music industry's biggest night, the grammys takes place later today. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, says russia aims to seize the whole of the donbas region in the east as well as hello and welcome to bbc news. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, says russia aims to seize the whole of the donbas region in the east as well as the south of his country. he said ukrainian forces were being boosted there. there have been a number of explosions in the southern port of odesa. the international red cross has also said it will try again to evacuate civilians from the beseiged city of mariupol. it comes as the ukrainian government says its forces have regained control of the entire kyiv region, five weeks after russia launched its invasion. simonjones reports. the russian retreat from the kyiv region has left behind a trail of destruction. ukrainian troops back in control in bucha, for residents, relief after five weeks of living hell. translation: we've been under const

ukraine, there decided to make a point. at the beginning there is still poroshenko process, and the ban and confiscation of property, the russian orthodox churchch a bill was submitted to the verkhovna rada, given that there are thousands of churches and dozens of monasteries, including the kiev-pechora lavra, throughout ukraine to implement the initiative of the people's deputies declares its non-nuclear status and its neutrality. i was not told by this, at least surprised, because today there will be none. this is what has actually happened. what is our country? well let's say 15 years. we will talk about crimea more crimeans. now they will say, the guys are a little bit over their head, everything is out of the question, if they didn’t listen to the proposals at the time, 67 military facilities of ukraine were hit by missile forces with russia, so we’ll be back on the air in a couple of minutes for sure. the battle of counters frightens the world with a total shortage and even the threats of gold, but where can we figure it out faster to lower store shelves in russia or in europe? which now depends a lot. why is the future arrangement of th

orthodox church. the russian patriarch and ally of president vladimir putin. his throne, his support behind the war, and used his sermons to justify it with that's angered. church leaders and ukraine and others across the orthodox faith, its spiritual leader has pushed for an end to the fighting, calling it an indescribable human tragedy. rushes annexation of crimea laid to a part of ukraine's clergy splitting from the moscow laid branch in 2018. there. a fee, as the war could further rupture the wider church. president philosophy, as lensky urged ukrainians not to it. anger overwhelmed him because he had to show, wouldn't you? today's great holiday gives us the great hope and belief that light will win over darkness. good will win over evil life that will win over data, and therefore ukraine will win, inevitably mailed to me. oh, the prayer for peace and hope heard and found across the big number. but they say that the situation is particularly concerning because these cases has been, they say, spreading silently throughout the capital over the past week. and because of this, we've seen 28 neighborhoods put under lockdown that at least 20000 people confined to their homes. 1200 h

on the reverend of this ukrainian orthodox church in pennsylvania has relatives in ukraine. said that although the tragedy is overwhelming, he found comfort knowing ukraine has received tremendous support. from around the world. all right, todd late word tonight that former u. s senator orrin hatch has died. the longtime republican from utah was known for crossing party lines. he was the longest serving senator in utah's history holding office for 42 years. you were tired back in 2019 and was replaced by senator mitt romney or hatch 88 years old. to florida, now a dramatic rescue caught on camera sheriff's deputy who was first to arrive on the scene of an apartment fire saved a baby's life by climbing up the balconies to a third floor unit on fire reporter mike teresi has more now from orlando. flames reached into the sky, the aisles at least millennia apartments in orlando this morning, orange county deputies got their first chaos everywhere, but as i start to look around, you can see families trapped on each floor hanging off the balconies above the roaring fire. deputy wi

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the patriarch of the russian orthodox church has expressed his full support of vladimir putin's war against ukraineericka whitfield spoke to russian expert tom nichols and asked why the russian president thought he was doing god's will. >> putin surrounded for years now by nationalistic right-wing figures and clerics and priests in the russian orthodox church, including the patriarch who has a long history of being, to put it gently, very comfortable with the security services and with state power. and was this the putin of 20 years ago? hard to say. i think he misses the soviet union. but that nostalgia for the soviet period has translated into this notion, goaded on by the people around him, that he can restore something even bigger than the soviet union, he can put the russian world back together under the aegis of orthodox christianity. i think he genuinely believes it now. >> if putin is able to use religion as an aspect in starting the war, might that also be the gateway of potentially ending it? >> one would hope. but i think it actually makes it more difficult to end it without some sense o

from among the nationalists, the task of which is to fire at orthodox churches on easter night in the zaporozhye nikolaev odessa sumy and kharkov regions of ukraine , well, after that, as usual, with the help of the media, it is planned spin fakes, and the alleged atrocities of the russians moscow warns the west there is evidence of the impending crimes of the kiev regime and calls on international organizations to immediately influence the ukrainian side and prevent provocations to residents of cities liberated from ukrainian radicals. and the settlements of donbass are now providing all possible assistance with food, water, medicines, militants. they did whatever they wanted, shot indiscriminately, mocked people , left behind a real devastation of the history of those who survived in inhuman conditions in the reportage of geese on huseynov and they are constantly walking a few days ago. these streets were controlled by bandits. azov now russian soldiers and fighters of the people's army of the lpr have entrenched themselves on them. one of them with the call sign babay shows neighborhoods in which it is still unsafe. this is enough filth to tea

it's the capital of the orthodox church in ukraine on a quiet, peaceful saturday evening. had the bomb dropping here and it's a stark reminder that things can change quickly, but it's a very significant and important church here. it's not far from the famous st. sophia cathedral as well just a few blocks away here in the capital of kyiv. and we're keeping an eye on the security situation here, we'll bring you a lot more what it's like for the residents here to go through easter tomorrow, in the orthodox easter a week from now in the midst of a war that's now 52 days in. right now, the biden administration facing questions after border encounters in march where the highest since the president took office. lucas tomlinson is live from the white house following the latest. hey, lucas. >> not only are the encounters the highest since president biden took office and highest in 22 years. the first busload from texas arrived in the nation's capital, sent by governor greg abbott. we spoke to some of them who described their journey. >> venezuela? >> they say -- [speaking spanish] >