Military clergy: How God is served at the front
Despite the danger and uncertain legal status, the flow of clergy of various faiths who wish to take part in the Military Operation does not dry up
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“Well, as they say, trust in God, but don’t make a mistake yourself,” the priest slapped his armour, “if something happens, you ask the Lord: “Why didn’t you save me?” And he will answer: "And what is the bulletproof vest for?"
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Father Dionysius was fulfilling his monastic vow at the Trinity-Sergius Lavra when the Special Operation began. A few days later, he applied for a transfer to the front. “From the first day, I realized that I should take part in this. If bandits roll up to your gates, you need to do something. At least call the police and prepare for defence,” the priest recalls. “The Lord tells us to always be with our people and with with their warriors shoulder to shoulder."

Today, the front-line priests have already gone to dozens. Often, along with the fighters, they are at the forefront, risking health and life. In open sources, there is no up-to-date data on "combat" losses among the clergy, but in December last year, Patriarch Kirill spoke about five dead priests. In November, Vladimir Putin awarded Archpriest Mikhail Vasiliev the title of Hero of Russia posthumously.
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Father Roman sponsors 12 Orthodox battalions. This is the name of a whole constellation of units joined by a particularly attentive attitude to religion. As a rule, they are called in honour of saints or martyrs: the battalion of them. Alexander Nevsky, Ilya Muromets, Alexander Peresvet ... There are 12 units in total, most of them are staffed by those mobilized from the DPR. Through the efforts of priests and volunteers, they were supplied with hundreds of banners with the face of Christ — now this is a kind of identity card of Orthodox battalions. "Saviour Not Made by Hands" is on the banners and on the chevrons. In military field conditions, it happens that it also replaces icons...
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Regiment "Akhmat-Zapad" lined up in anticipation. Soldiers in winter camouflage stood with weapons in their hands. They were about to go to the front line, but they did not dare to do this without the blessing of Magomed Shaikh Khitanaev, the regimental imam.

The sheikh energetically jumped out of the car, exchanged a few phrases with the commander and shouted at the top of his voice: "Salam alleykum, brothers!" The system answered him: "Waalaikum assalam!"

"Brothers! We are all in a holy war, this is a holy jihad. We are all fighting for the faith! We will never allow them to use their evil spirits in our villages and our cities!"
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In the Chechen special forces, the service of the Sheikh proceeds in the way that many Orthodox military priests would probably like to serve. In any case, he has unhindered access to believers. With similar sermons, he regularly escorts the fighters to the front lines, and even goes to the front along with the fighters.

"Prophet Muhammad says in the Hadith: 'If anyone sees evil, evil spirits, then change it by hand, by force.' And at the moment it means change it with war, fight. This is a war of good and evil. Therefore, the duty of all believers is to help the fighters with deed and word," Shaikh explains his duties as a regimental imam.
In part, he replaces the political instructor for his fighters, because if a person knows that he is on the true path, there are no barriers for him.

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Lukashenko:
In Russia, too, many misunderstood the actions of Putin and the leadership. I always tell the Russians: “Don't rush! The time will come, and you will evaluate who is right and who is wrong.” Some in Russia say that Russia was a bit hasty in launching this military operation. And I will say that it was inevitable. The conflict in Ukraine was inevitable for Russia. If Russia had not pre-empted the actions of Ukraine and the entire West from the territory of Ukraine, the consequences would have been more severe.

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China’s Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis
2023-02-24 09:00

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China has published a plan
1. Respecting the sovereignty of all countries.
2. Abandoning the Cold War mentality.
3. Ceasing hostilities.
4. Resuming peace talks.
5. Resolving the humanitarian crisis.
6. Protecting civilians and prisoners of war (POWs).
7. Keeping nuclear power plants safe.
8. Reducing strategic risks.
9. Facilitating grain exports.
10. Stopping unilateral sanctions.
11. Keeping industrial and supply chains stable.
12. Promoting post-conflict reconstruction.
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