Russian claims about canonical denominations in Ukraine were added to Russia’s crazy statements about war mosquitoes, dirty bombs, chemical weapons, and secret bio laboratories.
This was stated on Tuesday by the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, Serhii Kyslytsya, at a meeting of the UN Security Council convened by the Russian Federation to discuss the alleged oppression of the Russian Church in Ukraine, Ukrinform reports in Ukrainian.
“We have already heard crazy claims about war mosquitoes, Ukrainian dirty bombs and chemical weapons, secret laboratories, etc. Today, the Russian representative went even further. It is a real mockery of the Security Council, when an accomplice to crimes against humanity puts on the mantle of a preacher and tells the UNSC which denomination in Ukraine should be recognized as canonical, and which one should be recognized as heretical,” he said.
Kyslytsya noted that a representative of the Putin regime abuses the permanent representation of a non-existent country (USSR) and forces the Security Council to listen to his disinformation statements. Russia is trying to “distract the attention of this body from the real security threats arising from its aggression and create a smoke screen, hiding its crimes behind tones of falsehoods,” he added.
The envoy read the statement of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which emphasized that it “did not turn to any state for help in protecting its rights, especially to the state that perpetrated a treacherous armed attack on our country.”
“We are concerned that the issue of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is raised by structures that have nothing to do with us. We call on the Russian authorities not to speak on behalf of our Church on international platforms and not to use the religious factor for their political purposes,” the statement reads.
Kyslytsya also voiced the statement of various religious denominations in Ukraine, which emphasized that the war brought believers “tremendous suffering, and people’s freedom, their religious beliefs almost became the prime target of the Russian occupiers.”
In eleven months, they destroyed or looted more than 270 churches and religious buildings, killed and tortured to death dozens of clergymen.
