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Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, in Avdiivka, Ukraine, March 2022.




Sources:
https://svt-magdalina.com.ua/media-gallery/detail/12/510
https://dess.gov.ua/shchonaymenshe-116-sporud/

 

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Church of Christ the Savior, of Evangelical Baptist Christians, in Mariupol, Ukraine, in March 2022.


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https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1030450170886336

Sources:
https://uk.wikipedia.org/
https://dess.gov.ua/shchonaymenshe-116-sporud/
https://guiame.com.br/gospel/mundo-...das-por-militares-russos-e-uma-destruida.html
https://www.facebook.com/volynbaptist/videos/1030450170886336/?__tn__=%2CO

 

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Invading troops fired at the Evangelical Church Biblical Seminary, in Irpin, Ukraine, on March 20 and 21, 2022.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=4824716200909016

Sources:
https://risu.ua/okupanti-obstrilyali-irpinsku-biblijnu-seminariyu_n127423
https://www.facebook.com/vv.bolgar/videos/4824716200909016/?__tn__=%2CO

 

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Administrative building of the Donetsk Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, in Ukraine, attacked by invading Russian troops in mid-March 2022. The bishop of Donetsk and Mariupol managed to escape and take 9 people with him, having been left without hearing for some time due to the explosions.




Sources:
https://risu.ua/u-mariupoli-rosiyani-znishchili-budivlyu-upravlinnya-doneckoyi-yeparhiyi-pcu_n127224
https://risu.ua/mitropolit-doneckij-pcu-viyihav-z-mariupolya-ta-viviz-devyatoh-lyudej_n127192

 

So sad, but are we sure all these were by the Russians?

Aren't some of Zelenskys army out and out Nazis.

 

On my own blog, I have been listing these cases since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, giving preference to local church communication channels. Many of them refer to Orthodox churches affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate, no wonder so many are exchanging Russian affiliation for the Orthodox Patriarchate of Ukraine and for Eastern Rite Catholics. I am currently reviewing some of the links that have since broken.

I believe that in the overwhelming majority of this cases (almost all) the destruction is carried out by the Russian invading forces, but I think that there are a few cases that may not be or that raise some doubts, but are still also a direct result of the Russian invasion. In any case, I leave the links to the information here so that they can be corrected or challenged.

Generally speaking, these religious communities lived in harmony with the Ukrainian regime, including the Byzantine-rite Catholic Church, which has grown exponentially in Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and is today the largest Catholic community outside the Latin rite. Contrary to what happens in Russia where, not being an official religion of the Putinist regime, Catholics cannot proselytize, being a residual community.

I have read a lot of news on this subject and it is true that there are neo-Nazis involved in this war, on both sides, and on the Russian side there are also Islamist battalions. But I will avoid giving opinions about politics in this thread, my objective here is just to share data and everyone should make their own opinion, but I will try to answer your question.

I see propaganda from both sides. As a Catholic, I trust the opinion of my Catholic brothers in Ukraine and Russia more than any Eastern or Western propaganda agency. And as far as I know, Catholics in this part of the world don't have any problem at all with the Zelensky's regime, but they do with Putin and his regime's official religion. In fact, Ukrainian Catholics they were heavily involved in the coup that led to Ukraine's departure from the Putinist regime and I respect and understand their option.

 

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Women's Monastery of the Icon of the Mother of God 'Uslyshatelnytsia', in Fasova, Kiev region, Ukraine, burning as a result of bombing on March 28, 2022. Two buildings in this monastery were seriously damaged.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1005434967015756

Source:
https://spzh.news/ua/news/87349-v-fasove-iz-za-obstrela-proizoshel-pozhar-v-monastyre-ikony-uslyshatelynica

 

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House of Prayer of the Ukrainian Church of the Evangelical Christian Faith, in Tarasivka, Kiev region, Ukraine, after the bombing on March 12, 2022.








Source:
https://uk.religiononfire.mar.in.ua/
https://www.facebook.com/220103911341211/posts/5288954077789477/

 

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Church of Saints Peter and Paul, in Bucha, Ukraine, after a shelling on March 9, 2022.




















Sources:
https://news.church.ua/2022/03/13/v-buchi-vid-obstriliv-postrazhdav-xram-kijivskoji-jeparxiji/
https://spzh.news/ua/news/87571-v-buche-vozobnovili-bogosluzhenija-v-khrame-upc-postradavshem-ot-obstrelov

 

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St. George's Church, in Nizhyn, Ukraine, built in 2021. Its domes and roof were hit by artillery shells on February 27, 2022.






Sources:
http://orthodox.cn.ua/2022/02/28/nizhinskij-xram-zaznav-artobstrilu-v-rezultati-bojovix-dij/#2024-01-12
https://spzh.news/ua/news/83208-svyashhennik-upc-rasskazal-o-stroitelystve-novogo-khrama-v-nezhine

 

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Evangelical Baptist Church of "Bethania" comunity, in Mariupol, Ukraine, bombed in March 2022.










Source:
https://www.baptyst.com/u-mariupoli-rozbombyly-budivlyu-tserkvy-yehb-vifaniya/
https://sobor.com.ua/news/u-mariupoli-orki

 

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Second Church of Saint Mitrophan, in Lisichansk, Ukraine, damaged by bombings at the end of February 2022.
















Source:
https://pravlife.org/en/node/27675

 

Oh Dear Basto this is all so....devastating and deplorable.

May God give comfort, patience and healing to all Christians of Ukraine and to all Christians everywhere where degeneration, disaster and war have wrecked havoc.

May our Lady of all nations, pray for them and comfort them in their hour of need. Amen

 

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Church of Tikhvin, in Lysychansk, Ukraine, after being "liberated" by Russian invaders on March 13, 2022.










Sources:
https://vchaspik.ua/ua/regiony/5443...e-svyato-tyhvinskyy-hram-u-lysychansku-pislya
https://www.facebook.com/severodonetskaya.eparhia/

 

Hi Basto, I remember you, I lived in Ukraine myself for years, with all due respect between us only have you ever been in Ukraine ? Thank you.

 

No, Aviso, as you can imagine. And I don't understand the relevance of your question in this thread, since I'm not talking here about my experience in Ukraine. I'm just sharing links to news mostly published by the local religious communities in Ukraine. If any of these examples are wrongly documented, I would be deeply grateful if you could correct them. I've already had to review some of them myself.

 

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Holy Trinity Church, in Troitskoye, Ukraine, after the shelling on the night of February 26, 2022.






Source:
https://www.facebook.com/severodone...Tm4FEshVJ8QCo5jaaGjtTKGBfQzmWYSwvokGaJBfpCBLl

 

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Dimitrievsky Church, in the Donetsk Diocese, Ukraine, destroyed by bombings in March 2022.


Source:
https://risu.ua/v-upc-mp-zayavili-pro-shche-odin-zrujnovanij-hram-na-donechchini_n127663
https://news.church.ua/2022/03/27/shhe-odin-xram-doneckoji-jeparxiji-zaznav-rujnuvan/#2024-01-13

 

So you have never been in Ukraine and you are talking about it with out been there even once, by the way this reminds me those who are talking about Garabandal without been there as well, anyway I will add any correction whenever I will read all your thread if necessary if not then I will not anything, Thank you.

 

As Catholic you must be objectif but you are linking ukrainian sources only, thats the problem.