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Zelensky denies allegations that Ukraine is persecuting Christians in Ben Shapiro interview

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted during an interview with Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro that Ukraine has cracked down on some Christian leaders and churches that his government believes to have ties with Russia but denied the allegation that Ukraine is suppressing religious freedom.

The conservative commentator questioned Zelensky about reports that Ukraine is persecuting Russian Orthodox Christians during a recent interview in Kyiv. The interview follows three years of war after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

"There have been a lot of accusations that there's been a crackdown on religious freedom in Ukraine, particularly with regard to the Russian Orthodox Church," Shapiro said, asking Zelensky to address the allegations that Ukraine is restricting religious freedom and shutting down churches of the Russian Orthodox in Ukraine.

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So accusing someone of something is now being worthy of a news story?

Or only when it is someone by the likes of Mr Shapiro?

Imagine a world where substantive allegations are supported and presented in a report like how evidence of something happenning.


That said I wouldn't be surprised if some Ukrainians start having problems with Russian orthodox.
 
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It lacks credibility.

The only thing being rooted out are spy networks and agitprop masquerading as Eastern Christianity.

In Donbas and Luhansk, regions occupied by Russia, on the other hand, there has been actual harassment and persecution of Protestant and Evangelical Christians,.
 
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted during an interview with Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro that Ukraine has cracked down on some Christian leaders and churches that his government believes to have ties with Russia but denied the allegation that Ukraine is suppressing religious freedom.

"Yes but... no"
Is this schizophrenia or disassociative identity disorder?
 
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The conservative commentator questioned Zelensky about reports that Ukraine is persecuting Russian Orthodox Christians during a recent interview in Kyiv. The interview follows three years of war after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
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Pope Francis has expressed concern over a newly passed law in Ukraine that bans groups with historic ties to the Russian Orthodox Church, seeing it as an attack on religious freedom.

In official remarks on Sunday, the head of the Roman Catholic Church said he was “thinking about the laws recently adopted in Ukraine” regarding Orthodox churches.

“I fear for the freedom of those who pray, because those who truly pray always pray for all,” said Francis. “A person does not commit evil because of praying.”

 
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