Will This Matter for Christmas 2023?

Why the Russian invasion has reshaped Ukrainian debates about changing the liturgical calendar:https://t.co/DH0sre37zy

— The Pillar (@PillarCatholic) January 10, 2023

Russia's Perspective

'Russian troops are actually in Russia🇷🇺, US missiles surround Russia...NATO troops surround Russia...the potential aggression appears to be on one side'

-Legendary journalist John Pilger on the Ukraine crisis

WATCH HERE: https://t.co/8kR6onlawY pic.twitter.com/mRaAFLEvSN

— Going Underground on RT (@Underground_RT) January 22, 2022

Imperial Propaganda

"Despite all the hand-wringing and bullet-sweating, in the end, Russia cannot conquer Ukraine." LTC @JaharaMatisek, IWI's Fellowship Director, and LTC @MLCavanaugh argue that Ukraine's hybrid defense will prevail. @HDIatUSAFA @19_forty_five https://t.co/tYEQ5rogvt

— Irregular Warfare Initiative (@IrregWarfare) January 19, 2022

Imperial Propaganda

#WeekendVibes From 🏔 terrain to the 🌆 jungle, #SOF #snipers train all day and night. Watch our #teaser #video on the International Specialty Training Center’s Urban Sniper Course.

(U.S. Army 🎥 by Spc. Alisha Grezlik & Sgt. Patrik Orcutt)#SOFinEurope#SaturdaySniper pic.twitter.com/WhgPIqjGcm

— US Spec Ops Europe (@US_SOCEUR) January 15, 2022

Imperial Propaganda Appropriate for This Week

💪🏼 Partners from the very beginning! https://t.co/EFszl7jgY7

— US Spec Ops Europe (@US_SOCEUR) January 12, 2022

This Is Not an Issue for Chalcedonian Orthodoxy

No third country has the right to veto Ukraine’s ambitions to join NATO#orthodox_times https://t.co/NAjHfmYFPY

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) October 19, 2021

This Is a Form of Church Politics

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew had a meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Presidential Palace shortly after the arrival of His All-Holiness in Kyiv. The meeting took place in a cordial atmosphere. Read more: https://t.co/bGU4QqGTQw pic.twitter.com/URCHE1fW3L

— Order of St. Andrew (@OrderStAndrew) August 21, 2021

The Empire Flexing Its Reach

Our #SOF air component, @352SOW, was a huge support for @USNavyEurope's exercise Sea Breeze 21. #ExerciseSeaBreeze 2021 is an annual multinational maritime exercise, with sea, land, and air components, and is co-hosted by the United States and #Ukraine in the Black Sea region. https://t.co/50CeiZ5wtT

— US Spec Ops Europe (@US_SOCEUR) July 20, 2021

Projection

... the entire narrative of the “Anti-Russia project” sounds uncomfortably like Adolf Hitler’s March 15, 1938 speech in Vienna, announcing the Anschluß of Austria https://t.co/PmtAEfjAgq

— Anatolii Babynskyi (@MrAnatolius) July 15, 2021

Who refuses to let the eastern provinces go? Who has active neo-nazis working in their midst?

Empire Still at Work

Responding to Gray Zone Conflict: Countering Russia in the Donbas and Beyond

By Barnett S. Kovenhttps://t.co/lJs3z8HoWT

— Small Wars Journal (@smallwars) June 7, 2021

What's going on in Taiwan? @kristina_wong from @BreitbartNews reports on #Taiwan's claims of @1st_SF_Command soldiers heading to train with their Taiwanese counterparts in the near future. @USASOCNews @CSIS_Threats @AllBeretsMatter https://t.co/GLyRoqNUth

— Irregular Warfare Initiative (@IrregWarfare) June 9, 2021

Playing with Fire

US Secretary of State Assures Ukraine of Support for NATO Membership Plan
by Rick Rozoff#NATO #Ukraine #Russiahttps://t.co/GdVVr26c4K pic.twitter.com/ePnu5vq0od

— Antiwar.com (@Antiwarcom) May 6, 2021

Shameful

Christians should not be mouthpieces for Empire-endorsed Ukrainian nationalism that serves to benefit oligarchs.

With Russia building up its troops in the border with Ukraine, Archbishop Borys Gudziak, the current head of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, is warning the conflict is not only a threat for the region, but for the world.https://t.co/q5wGnmEILl

— Crux (@Crux) April 23, 2021

This Is Ukrainian Nationalism

Not Christianity.

“On behalf of the Ukrainian people, I ask you to pray for peace in Ukraine, and for the involvement of the international community to resolve the conflict and to prevent a worldwide blaze exploding from this fuse.”https://t.co/Z5NoiuLTyo

— Hannah Brockhaus (@HannahBrockhaus) April 20, 2021

No Comment About Ukrainian Offensive Preparations?

Pope Francis on Sunday voiced concern over a recent Russian troop buildup near the border with Ukraine and called for efforts to ease tensions in the 7-year conflict.https://t.co/Lx1CT1uT2Y

— Crux (@Crux) April 20, 2021

I invite you to pray for the population of eastern Ukraine. I truly hope that an escalation of the tensions might be avoided and, instead, that actions capable of promoting reciprocal trust and which foster reconciliation and peace might be undertaken.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) April 18, 2021

Shameless Political Partisanship

The movements of #Russian forces raise concerns over #Moscow’s plans to send troops to #Ukraine#orthodox_times https://t.co/jhG95UYPza

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) April 10, 2021

Clown Empire

You sure owned the russian there by showing how serious the kindergarten playpen that is US high command is about protecting the Ukraine. https://t.co/TUaNHOVvsZ

— Blepps (@bleppyman) April 9, 2021

Two Different POVs

And yet both would claim to be "Orthodox."

.@JosepBorrellF promised that the #EU would continue to provide “unwavering” support to #Kyiv#orthodox_times #Russia https://t.co/dojLTDh30B

— Orthodox Times (@orthodox_times) April 5, 2021

Biden Pledges Support for Ukraine Against "Russian Aggression" https://t.co/RQDjEZw3OA pic.twitter.com/Iw0A8XowtI

— Russian Faith (@Russian_Faith) April 4, 2021

#Holodomor

Coming to a gulag near you!

MR. JONES Trailer (2020) https://t.co/w0L3aqBFrS via @YouTube

— Robb Wolf (@robbwolf) December 30, 2020

Whom Does It Serve?

Ukraine's far-right Azov movement now openly talks an EXPANSIONIST agenda for Ukraine and "Fight of civilizations". "We have to attain victories over foreign enemies by grabbing territory": Azov's promo video from the roll-out of the "Centuria" organization on August 1st. Thread pic.twitter.com/0V3hLSdTxB

— Oleksiy Kuzmenko (@kooleksiy) August 3, 2020

Hmm

Ukrainian schismatic bishop consecrates Catholic church with Catholic and Uniate bishopshttps://t.co/eqFWckozLc

A representative of the schismatic “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” has concelebrated with Latin and Uniate Catholics again in the Ukrainian city of Bogorodchany in th... pic.twitter.com/k1o3ZrO7kR

— Orthodox Christianity (@Orthodoxy2019) July 16, 2020