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Unreported in the [[Western civilization|Western]] media [[propaganda]] complex was the Zelensky regime's attacks on the Chirstian church.  Priests were arrested and property seized in a fruitless hunt for weapons stored in churches.  Jacob Dreizen, who is fluent in Russian, summarized the attacks in December 2022:

Unreported in the [[Western civilization|Western]] media [[propaganda]] complex was the Zelensky regime's attacks on the Chirstian church.  Priests were arrested and property seized in a fruitless hunt for weapons stored in churches.  Jacob Dreizen, who is fluent in Russian, summarized the attacks in December 2022:

[[File:Zelensky gift to Pope Francis.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Zelensky gift to [[Pope Francis I]] with the image of [[Christ]] blackened out.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/zelenskyy-gives-highly-repulsive-gift-pope-francis-offend-every-christian/</ref>]]

[[File:Zelensky gift to Pope Francis.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Zelensky gift to [[Pope Francis I]] with the image of [[Christ]] blackened out.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/zelenskyy-gives-highly-repulsive-gift-pope-francis-offend-every-christian/</ref>]]

{{quotebox-float|"The head (by other accounts, the press office) of the Ukraine’s military intelligence, the G.U.R., suggested the priests be traded for Ukrainian soldiers held by Russia....In reality, the church is GUILTY of sermonizing for peace, and emphasizing (in its prayers and sermons) the historic bonds between Russians and Ukrainians which is seen as a THREAT to the post-2014 regime as, among other sins, it contradicts the “official narrative” (as per school history textbooks) that Ukrainians are an autochthonous ethnos with a distinct lineage and an integral, unified history separate from Russia’s.

{{quotebox-float|"The head (by other accounts, the press office) of the Ukraine’s military intelligence, the G.U.R., suggested the priests be traded for Ukrainian soldiers held by Russia....In reality, the church is GUILTY of sermonizing for peace, and emphasizing (in its prayers and sermons) the historic bonds between Russians and Ukrainians which is seen as a THREAT to the post-2014 regime as, among other sins, it contradicts the “official [[narrative]]” (as per school history textbooks) that Ukrainians are an autochthonous ethnos with a distinct lineage and an integral, unified history separate from Russia’s.

In particular, the regime hates that the church, per 1000-plus year tradition refers to “Rus” or “Holy Rus” in its prayers and sermons (e.g., “we pray for the peace of Rus“). Even though (long story short) “Rus“—later Rossiya, or Russia in English—was basically founded in Kiev.

In particular, the regime hates that the church, per 1000-plus year tradition refers to “Rus” or “Holy Rus” in its prayers and sermons (e.g., “we pray for the peace of Rus“). Even though (long story short) “Rus“—later Rossiya, or Russia in English—was basically founded in Kiev.