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☦️ On August 20, President of Russia Vladimir Putin visited the Archangel Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, where the relics of Holy Right-Believing Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy had recently been uncovered.
The President viewed the burial site and attended a prayer service.
The relics were uncovered in July during restoration work prompted by subsidence of the cathedral floor slabs and the resulting risk of damage to the tombs of the Russian grand princes.
The archaeological work was carried out with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. The remains of Dmitry Donskoy were found to be almost completely preserved.
🙏 Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church blessed the placement of three fragments of the relics in three reliquaries for veneration by the faithful.
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⚔️ Holy Right-Believing Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy (1350–1389) was Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir, one of the key figures in the consolidation of the Russian lands around Moscow. In 1380, he led the united Russian forces to victory over Mamai’s Golden Horde army in the Battle of Kulikovo – a landmark event in Russian history.
Dmitry Donskoy was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1988 as a Holy Right-Believing Prince in recognition of his outstanding service to the Church and the people, as well as his deeply devout life, which embodied the Christian ideal of self-sacrifice for the good and salvation of others.
The President viewed the burial site and attended a prayer service.
The relics were uncovered in July during restoration work prompted by subsidence of the cathedral floor slabs and the resulting risk of damage to the tombs of the Russian grand princes.
The archaeological work was carried out with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. The remains of Dmitry Donskoy were found to be almost completely preserved.
🙏 Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church blessed the placement of three fragments of the relics in three reliquaries for veneration by the faithful.
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⚔️ Holy Right-Believing Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy (1350–1389) was Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir, one of the key figures in the consolidation of the Russian lands around Moscow. In 1380, he led the united Russian forces to victory over Mamai’s Golden Horde army in the Battle of Kulikovo – a landmark event in Russian history.
Dmitry Donskoy was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1988 as a Holy Right-Believing Prince in recognition of his outstanding service to the Church and the people, as well as his deeply devout life, which embodied the Christian ideal of self-sacrifice for the good and salvation of others.
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🎙 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question regarding Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s statement on a proposal for Russia and Ukraine to introduce a moratorium on military activities in the Black Sea (August 14, 2026)
❓ Question: Has the Russian Side received Turkiye’s proposal to introduce a moratorium on military activities in the Black Sea, and is it prepared to consider such an option?
💬 Maria Zakharova: We traditionally give careful consideration to all peace initiatives put forward by our foreign partners, especially by Turkiye, which is an important regional player and our neighbour on the Black Sea.
Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan recently said in a media interview that Ankara had conveyed proposals to the Russian and Ukrainian sides on introducing a moratorium on military activities in the Black Sea.
❌ The Russian Side has not received through official channels any formal Turkiye’s proposal setting out the specific terms of this initiative.
If this refers to a one-sided arrangement along the lines of the 2022-2023 scheme, better known as the Black Sea Initiative, under which Moscow suspended military activities in the Black Sea – more precisely, retaliatory measures to protect Russian port infrastructure and energy facilities – then returning to that format would be inadvisable.
☝️ The arrangement was conditional on reciprocal measures by the other side. Those measures never followed.
At the time, as you may recall, we agreed to the moratorium in exchange for access for Russian agricultural products to global markets.
However, the West demonstrated a bad-faith approach: the humanitarian corridor we provided came to be widely used for terrorist attacks against Russian civilian and military facilities, while Russian agricultural products remained under sanctions. This ultimately led to the termination of the Black Sea Initiative.
Today, we regularly face brazen acts of terrorism carried out by Ukrainian drones in the Black Sea against civilian vessels from coastal states, several times a month. We regard these attacks as a deliberate policy aimed at destabilising civilian shipping in the Black Sea region, further escalating tensions and prolonging the conflict, with the open acquiescence of neighbouring countries in the region.
At the same time, we see no prerequisites for the situation to improve and, consequently, no grounds for half-measures that merely give the Kiev regime a temporary respite.
We have recently seen a growing number of international calls for a ceasefire and for settling the situation around Ukraine through familiar short-term arrangements.
Our position on these proposals and on the issue as a whole remains unchanged 👉 A sustainable and long-term settlement of the Ukrainian crisis is possible only if its root causes are eliminated.
❗️ First and foremost, this means removing the security threats created by #NATO’s eastward expansion and attempts to draw Kiev into the alliance.
It is equally important to secure guarantees for the restoration and observance of the legitimate rights of the Russian and Russian-speaking population in the territories that remain under the control of the Kiev regime.
❓ Question: Has the Russian Side received Turkiye’s proposal to introduce a moratorium on military activities in the Black Sea, and is it prepared to consider such an option?
💬 Maria Zakharova: We traditionally give careful consideration to all peace initiatives put forward by our foreign partners, especially by Turkiye, which is an important regional player and our neighbour on the Black Sea.
Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan recently said in a media interview that Ankara had conveyed proposals to the Russian and Ukrainian sides on introducing a moratorium on military activities in the Black Sea.
❌ The Russian Side has not received through official channels any formal Turkiye’s proposal setting out the specific terms of this initiative.
If this refers to a one-sided arrangement along the lines of the 2022-2023 scheme, better known as the Black Sea Initiative, under which Moscow suspended military activities in the Black Sea – more precisely, retaliatory measures to protect Russian port infrastructure and energy facilities – then returning to that format would be inadvisable.
☝️ The arrangement was conditional on reciprocal measures by the other side. Those measures never followed.
At the time, as you may recall, we agreed to the moratorium in exchange for access for Russian agricultural products to global markets.
However, the West demonstrated a bad-faith approach: the humanitarian corridor we provided came to be widely used for terrorist attacks against Russian civilian and military facilities, while Russian agricultural products remained under sanctions. This ultimately led to the termination of the Black Sea Initiative.
Today, we regularly face brazen acts of terrorism carried out by Ukrainian drones in the Black Sea against civilian vessels from coastal states, several times a month. We regard these attacks as a deliberate policy aimed at destabilising civilian shipping in the Black Sea region, further escalating tensions and prolonging the conflict, with the open acquiescence of neighbouring countries in the region.
At the same time, we see no prerequisites for the situation to improve and, consequently, no grounds for half-measures that merely give the Kiev regime a temporary respite.
We have recently seen a growing number of international calls for a ceasefire and for settling the situation around Ukraine through familiar short-term arrangements.
Our position on these proposals and on the issue as a whole remains unchanged 👉 A sustainable and long-term settlement of the Ukrainian crisis is possible only if its root causes are eliminated.
❗️ First and foremost, this means removing the security threats created by #NATO’s eastward expansion and attempts to draw Kiev into the alliance.
It is equally important to secure guarantees for the restoration and observance of the legitimate rights of the Russian and Russian-speaking population in the territories that remain under the control of the Kiev regime.
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🎙 Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question on certain statements regarding the Armenian nuclear power plant (August 22, 2026)
❓ Question: What’s your comment on the recent claims in some countries that the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant in Armenia poses a threat to regional security?
💬 Maria Zakharova: We have taken note of the statements appearing in the foreign press regarding the safety of the nuclear power plant operating in Armenia. The statements claim, among other things, that it operates using outdated technologies, poses a danger to the entire region, and should be closed altogether.
This is not the first time we have heard such groundless statements. It is also noteworthy that those who make such politically charged assessments keep voicing the same arguments. Nothing of that sort is said about some European countries where nuclear power plants with similar technologies are in operation.
As is known, the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant has a substantial safety margin – its reactor unit is specially adapted to the high seismic activity of the region. Proof of its reliability is the normal response of its safety systems during the devastating Spitak earthquake. After the necessary work, the nuclear power plant was put back into operation in 1995. Currently, Russian and Armenian specialists are carrying out a set of measures to extend the plant’s service life again, up to 2036.
The reliability of the plant is also confirmed by the IAEA. The Agency’s Director General, Rafael Grossi, who visited it in October 2022, acknowledged that all measures to enhance nuclear and physical safety had been taken.
❗️Today, the Metsamor plant plays the role of a system‑forming element in the republic’s energy balance, generating about 30 percent of the electrical power. Stable generation of affordable electricity has enabled Armenia to steadily develop industry and ensure technological progress for many years.
In the contemporary world, especially against the backdrop of the unsuccessful experience of a number of European countries in transitioning to renewable energy sources, peaceful nuclear energy is a factor of sovereignty and energy security. Shutting down its own nuclear power plant will lead to nothing other than an increase in the state’s dependence on other countries in the energy sector.
One is left to speculate what goals are behind the actions of international players who are themselves developing nuclear energy or who do not have serious problems with their own electricity supply, yet who, now and again, oppose the Russian‑Armenian nuclear project?
We view such misinformation as attempts to create a rift in Russian‑Armenian cooperation in this sector and to hinder the development of initiatives involving Russia. Furthermore, they appear to be promoting fanciful Western projects and technologies that are truly destructive to the region, and they are markedly inferior to Russian ones, including in terms of safety.
❓ Question: What’s your comment on the recent claims in some countries that the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant in Armenia poses a threat to regional security?
💬 Maria Zakharova: We have taken note of the statements appearing in the foreign press regarding the safety of the nuclear power plant operating in Armenia. The statements claim, among other things, that it operates using outdated technologies, poses a danger to the entire region, and should be closed altogether.
This is not the first time we have heard such groundless statements. It is also noteworthy that those who make such politically charged assessments keep voicing the same arguments. Nothing of that sort is said about some European countries where nuclear power plants with similar technologies are in operation.
As is known, the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant has a substantial safety margin – its reactor unit is specially adapted to the high seismic activity of the region. Proof of its reliability is the normal response of its safety systems during the devastating Spitak earthquake. After the necessary work, the nuclear power plant was put back into operation in 1995. Currently, Russian and Armenian specialists are carrying out a set of measures to extend the plant’s service life again, up to 2036.
The reliability of the plant is also confirmed by the IAEA. The Agency’s Director General, Rafael Grossi, who visited it in October 2022, acknowledged that all measures to enhance nuclear and physical safety had been taken.
❗️Today, the Metsamor plant plays the role of a system‑forming element in the republic’s energy balance, generating about 30 percent of the electrical power. Stable generation of affordable electricity has enabled Armenia to steadily develop industry and ensure technological progress for many years.
In the contemporary world, especially against the backdrop of the unsuccessful experience of a number of European countries in transitioning to renewable energy sources, peaceful nuclear energy is a factor of sovereignty and energy security. Shutting down its own nuclear power plant will lead to nothing other than an increase in the state’s dependence on other countries in the energy sector.
One is left to speculate what goals are behind the actions of international players who are themselves developing nuclear energy or who do not have serious problems with their own electricity supply, yet who, now and again, oppose the Russian‑Armenian nuclear project?
We view such misinformation as attempts to create a rift in Russian‑Armenian cooperation in this sector and to hinder the development of initiatives involving Russia. Furthermore, they appear to be promoting fanciful Western projects and technologies that are truly destructive to the region, and they are markedly inferior to Russian ones, including in terms of safety.
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🇷🇺 22 августа в России отмечается День Государственного флага, установленный Указом Президента от 1994 года.
В этот день мы отдаём дань уважения официальному государственному символу России, который наряду с гербом и гимном знаменует её суверенитет и независимость, утверждает преемственность поколений многонационального народа страны.
Сегодня российский флаг — это также зримый знак защиты и будущего. В зоне специальной военной операции бойцы поднимают триколор над освобождёнными населёнными пунктами.
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История российского триколора насчитывает свыше трёх столетий. В 1693 году молодой Пётр I водрузил его как личный штандарт в Архангельске, а в 1705 году он повелел поднимать бело-сине-красное знамя на морских торговых судах. До XIX века русские моряки воздвигали на берегу присоединённой земли памятный крест.
В 1806 году появилась новая традиция. Русская экспедиция обследовала побережье Южного Сахалина и подняла на берегу два флага. Андреевский флаг отмечал заслугу военного флота, бело-сине-красный флаг — новое владение России. Государственным флагом триколор стал в 1896 году, в канун коронации Николая II.
⚪️🔵🔴 25 декабря 2000 года был принят Федеральный конституционный закон «О Государственном флаге Российской Федерации», в соответствии с которым государственный флаг России представляет собой прямоугольное полотнище из трёх равных горизонтальных полос: верхней — белого, средней — синего, нижней — красного цвета.
💬 Президент России В.В.Путин:
#ДеньГосударственногоФлага
В этот день мы отдаём дань уважения официальному государственному символу России, который наряду с гербом и гимном знаменует её суверенитет и независимость, утверждает преемственность поколений многонационального народа страны.
Сегодня российский флаг — это также зримый знак защиты и будущего. В зоне специальной военной операции бойцы поднимают триколор над освобождёнными населёнными пунктами.
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История российского триколора насчитывает свыше трёх столетий. В 1693 году молодой Пётр I водрузил его как личный штандарт в Архангельске, а в 1705 году он повелел поднимать бело-сине-красное знамя на морских торговых судах. До XIX века русские моряки воздвигали на берегу присоединённой земли памятный крест.
В 1806 году появилась новая традиция. Русская экспедиция обследовала побережье Южного Сахалина и подняла на берегу два флага. Андреевский флаг отмечал заслугу военного флота, бело-сине-красный флаг — новое владение России. Государственным флагом триколор стал в 1896 году, в канун коронации Николая II.
⚪️🔵🔴 25 декабря 2000 года был принят Федеральный конституционный закон «О Государственном флаге Российской Федерации», в соответствии с которым государственный флаг России представляет собой прямоугольное полотнище из трёх равных горизонтальных полос: верхней — белого, средней — синего, нижней — красного цвета.
💬 Президент России В.В.Путин:
Россия — тысячелетняя страна и цивилизация, наш государственный флаг — это символ нашего единства.
Уверен, что государственный флаг всегда будет вдохновлять нас идти только вперед — до победы, утверждать славу России.
#ДеньГосударственногоФлага
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#Victory81
On August 23, 1943, the #BattleOfKursk — one of the largest battles in human history — ended with a decisive victory of the Soviet forces, marking a turning point not only in the Great Patriotic War but in the entire #WWII.
As a result of the battle, the strategic initiative was seized by the Red Army that managed to launch the offensive operations to expel the Nazi invaders from our Motherland.
The Battle of Kursk, lasting approximately 50 days, encompassed a defensive phase (July 5–23) and a series of offensive operations (July 12–August 23) by the Soviet forces in the Kursk Bulge. It appeared in the spring of 1943 at the centre of the Soviet-German front, reaching Nazi defensive lines south of Soviet city of Oryol and north of Belgorod to a depth exceeding 150 kilometres. Following the Wehrmacht’s devastating defeat at Stalingrad, the enemy sought revenge at any cost — to deliver a crushing blow on the Red Army positions along the Kursk Bulge, seize the strategic initiative, and launch a counteroffensive deep into the Soviet territory. Had they succeeded, the Nazi aggressor could reopen the path to Moscow.
After the intelligence was secured from abroad, the Red Army General Staff and the Supreme High Command knew beforehand of the enemy’s plans. Our military leadership decided first to destroy Hitler’s armor and aircraft, and to exhaust Nazi manpower in defensive combat before launching a full-scale offensive.
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⚔️ The Battle of Kursk commenced on July 5 with a counter-artillery barrage — at dawn, thousands of Soviet guns unleashed a devastating firestorm on Wehrmacht positions, delaying their advance for several hours. The enemy committed its tank armada to battle: 16 divisions comprising 2'500 tanks — 70% of all German armor formations deployed on the Eastern Front.
❗️ Within days, Nazi forces suffered 50'000 casualties. The enemy offensive failed.
On July 12, the legendary tank battle at Prokhorovka unfolded — most brutal armor combat in history, with up to 1'200 tanks and self-propelled guns deployed. The fascists suffered a devastating defeat: losing over 300 tanks (the backbone of their strike force in the Battle of Kursk) and exhausting reserves, their offensive capabilities were diminished, forcing them to retreat to initial positions.
Following Prokhorovka, the Red Army seized full initiative and launched a decisive counteroffensive. By mid-July, under pressure from the Western, Bryansk, and Central fronts, German troops began retreating across the entire Kursk Bulge. On August 5, the Soviet forces liberated the City of #Oryol and #Belgorod; on August 23 — #Kharkov, concluding the Battle of Kursk.
Hitler’s forces (approximately 900'000 soldiers and officers) faced total collapse near Kursk. Thirty elite wehrmacht and SS divisions, including seven panzer divisions, were completely destroyed.
👉 This crucial historic Victory enabled the Red Army to drive the Nazis westward and launch operations to liberate Soviet Ukraine and Belarus.
In the Battle of Kursk, Soviet warriors showed unparalleled courage, resilience, and mass heroism: 231 were awarded the title of #HeroOfTheSovietUnion. Kursk, Orel, and Belgorod were accorded the status of Cities of Military Glory. The Kursk Bulge memorial complex stands as a testament to this heroic triumph.
Today, August 23, is celebrated in Russia as a Day of Military Glory, commemorating the defeat of Nazi invaders in the Battle of Kursk.
#OurVictory
On August 23, 1943, the #BattleOfKursk — one of the largest battles in human history — ended with a decisive victory of the Soviet forces, marking a turning point not only in the Great Patriotic War but in the entire #WWII.
As a result of the battle, the strategic initiative was seized by the Red Army that managed to launch the offensive operations to expel the Nazi invaders from our Motherland.
The Battle of Kursk, lasting approximately 50 days, encompassed a defensive phase (July 5–23) and a series of offensive operations (July 12–August 23) by the Soviet forces in the Kursk Bulge. It appeared in the spring of 1943 at the centre of the Soviet-German front, reaching Nazi defensive lines south of Soviet city of Oryol and north of Belgorod to a depth exceeding 150 kilometres. Following the Wehrmacht’s devastating defeat at Stalingrad, the enemy sought revenge at any cost — to deliver a crushing blow on the Red Army positions along the Kursk Bulge, seize the strategic initiative, and launch a counteroffensive deep into the Soviet territory. Had they succeeded, the Nazi aggressor could reopen the path to Moscow.
After the intelligence was secured from abroad, the Red Army General Staff and the Supreme High Command knew beforehand of the enemy’s plans. Our military leadership decided first to destroy Hitler’s armor and aircraft, and to exhaust Nazi manpower in defensive combat before launching a full-scale offensive.
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⚔️ The Battle of Kursk commenced on July 5 with a counter-artillery barrage — at dawn, thousands of Soviet guns unleashed a devastating firestorm on Wehrmacht positions, delaying their advance for several hours. The enemy committed its tank armada to battle: 16 divisions comprising 2'500 tanks — 70% of all German armor formations deployed on the Eastern Front.
❗️ Within days, Nazi forces suffered 50'000 casualties. The enemy offensive failed.
On July 12, the legendary tank battle at Prokhorovka unfolded — most brutal armor combat in history, with up to 1'200 tanks and self-propelled guns deployed. The fascists suffered a devastating defeat: losing over 300 tanks (the backbone of their strike force in the Battle of Kursk) and exhausting reserves, their offensive capabilities were diminished, forcing them to retreat to initial positions.
Following Prokhorovka, the Red Army seized full initiative and launched a decisive counteroffensive. By mid-July, under pressure from the Western, Bryansk, and Central fronts, German troops began retreating across the entire Kursk Bulge. On August 5, the Soviet forces liberated the City of #Oryol and #Belgorod; on August 23 — #Kharkov, concluding the Battle of Kursk.
Hitler’s forces (approximately 900'000 soldiers and officers) faced total collapse near Kursk. Thirty elite wehrmacht and SS divisions, including seven panzer divisions, were completely destroyed.
👉 This crucial historic Victory enabled the Red Army to drive the Nazis westward and launch operations to liberate Soviet Ukraine and Belarus.
In the Battle of Kursk, Soviet warriors showed unparalleled courage, resilience, and mass heroism: 231 were awarded the title of #HeroOfTheSovietUnion. Kursk, Orel, and Belgorod were accorded the status of Cities of Military Glory. The Kursk Bulge memorial complex stands as a testament to this heroic triumph.
Today, August 23, is celebrated in Russia as a Day of Military Glory, commemorating the defeat of Nazi invaders in the Battle of Kursk.
#OurVictory
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⚡️ Report by the Russian Foreign Ministry – “On the Kiev Regime’s Unlawful Actions against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Its Clergy and Parishioners” (as of June 2026)
📄 FULL REPORT (PDF)
❗️ The Kiev nationalists, who seized power in 2014 through an unconstitutional armed coup, have since systematically built a multi-layered system of severe restrictions on religious freedom, turning the religious sphere into a testing ground for assaults on human dignity.
The religious dimension has become one of the state’s key instruments for influencing social processes and is actively used to falsify history, legitimise and glorify Nazism, and suppress dissent, as well as secular and religious opposition.
Mass violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms have become a defining feature of the Kiev regime’s years in power.
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👉 Zelensky and his entourage are fragmenting the country’s religious landscape, shaping relations with religious organisations and believers according to the degree of their tolerance for the misanthropic ideology imposed by the authorities.
Within this framework, sweeping administrative and legal measures are being implemented to weaken the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (#UOC) to the greatest possible extent in public life, up to and including the dismantling of its governing structures.
The report provides numerous documented examples of discrimination, along with public statements by Ukrainian officials at various levels openly spelling out the ultimate objectives of this campaign – to eliminate the country’s largest religious organisation, force its parishioners and clergy to join the so-called “Orthodox Church of Ukraine”, which is controlled by the authorities and interested business circles, and expropriate UOC property, religious objects and holy sites.
The report’s sections cover:
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The controlled chaos created by the Kiev regime within Ukrainian Orthodoxy has for years enabled the authorities, the OCU and radical groups to carry out forcible seizures of monasteries and churches, illegally re-register religious communities, cultivate hate rhetoric, and perpetrate unprovoked aggression and violence against the clergy and believers of the canonical Church.
Members of radical nationalist groups are enlisted to carry out such reprisals, with assurances that they will escape legal responsibility when breaking the law. Ukraine has developed and tacitly legitimised an entire system of backroom arrangements that encourages violations of the fundamental rights and freedoms of believers and clergy.
❌ Religious persecution has now not merely intensified – it has become fully systematic, a fact acknowledged even by many Western politicians.
One of the reasons behind the current catastrophic situation facing Orthodox Christians in Ukraine is Western support for the Kiev regime’s religious policy, first and foremost from the US. This issue is also examined in the report.
Despite the vast number of documented cases of persecution against the canonical Church and clear violations of Ukraine’s international legal obligations in the field of human rights, these violations have still not received due attention from universal multilateral organisations, including the UN and its leadership, which refrain from issuing detailed reports on the matter or responding firmly, limiting themselves to routine references to the problem.
#KievRegimeCrimes
📄 FULL REPORT (PDF)
❗️ The Kiev nationalists, who seized power in 2014 through an unconstitutional armed coup, have since systematically built a multi-layered system of severe restrictions on religious freedom, turning the religious sphere into a testing ground for assaults on human dignity.
The religious dimension has become one of the state’s key instruments for influencing social processes and is actively used to falsify history, legitimise and glorify Nazism, and suppress dissent, as well as secular and religious opposition.
Mass violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms have become a defining feature of the Kiev regime’s years in power.
***
👉 Zelensky and his entourage are fragmenting the country’s religious landscape, shaping relations with religious organisations and believers according to the degree of their tolerance for the misanthropic ideology imposed by the authorities.
Within this framework, sweeping administrative and legal measures are being implemented to weaken the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (#UOC) to the greatest possible extent in public life, up to and including the dismantling of its governing structures.
The report provides numerous documented examples of discrimination, along with public statements by Ukrainian officials at various levels openly spelling out the ultimate objectives of this campaign – to eliminate the country’s largest religious organisation, force its parishioners and clergy to join the so-called “Orthodox Church of Ukraine”, which is controlled by the authorities and interested business circles, and expropriate UOC property, religious objects and holy sites.
The report’s sections cover:
• Ukraine’s discriminatory laws targeting the UOC
• Unlawful actions by Ukrainian special services and law enforcement agencies against the UOC
• Illegal mobilisation of UOC clergy
• Actions by Ukrainian local authorities and self-government bodies against the UOK
• Seizures of UOC churches and illegal re-registration of communities
• Pressure exerted by national and regional authorities on major UOC monasteries
• Hate speech, unprovoked aggression and violence against UOC clergy and believers
• US influence on the evolution of the church crisis in Ukraine
• Response of the international community
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The controlled chaos created by the Kiev regime within Ukrainian Orthodoxy has for years enabled the authorities, the OCU and radical groups to carry out forcible seizures of monasteries and churches, illegally re-register religious communities, cultivate hate rhetoric, and perpetrate unprovoked aggression and violence against the clergy and believers of the canonical Church.
Members of radical nationalist groups are enlisted to carry out such reprisals, with assurances that they will escape legal responsibility when breaking the law. Ukraine has developed and tacitly legitimised an entire system of backroom arrangements that encourages violations of the fundamental rights and freedoms of believers and clergy.
❌ Religious persecution has now not merely intensified – it has become fully systematic, a fact acknowledged even by many Western politicians.
One of the reasons behind the current catastrophic situation facing Orthodox Christians in Ukraine is Western support for the Kiev regime’s religious policy, first and foremost from the US. This issue is also examined in the report.
Despite the vast number of documented cases of persecution against the canonical Church and clear violations of Ukraine’s international legal obligations in the field of human rights, these violations have still not received due attention from universal multilateral organisations, including the UN and its leadership, which refrain from issuing detailed reports on the matter or responding firmly, limiting themselves to routine references to the problem.
#KievRegimeCrimes
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💬 Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
On the night of August 23-24, Ukrainian militants launched a massive drone attack on civilian sites in Russia’s Krasnodar Region, Republic of Adygea and Dagestan.
According to a statement by Krasnodar Region Governor Veniamin Kondratyev, falling UAV debris struck a five-story apartment building and a private 24-hour children’s centre in Krasnodar’s Prikubansky District, killing children.
▪️ Russia’s Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova reported that three children – aged 13, 15 and 16 – were killed. Another six were hospitalised with various injuries, including shrapnel wounds, burns and concussions.
A total of 10 people have been hospitalised and are receiving all necessary medical care. No casualties were reported in Adygea or Dagestan.
This is how the Zelensky regime – and Zelensky himself – treat children.
There is no other way to put it. All their claims about how deeply they care for precious children are shattered by the facts – the Kiev regime has been killing children of all ages, from infants to students.
❗️ SHAME on the international organisations, SHAME on foreign human rights institutions, SHAME on the world’s media that refuse to see the blood of children on the hands of the Kiev regime!
On the night of August 23-24, Ukrainian militants launched a massive drone attack on civilian sites in Russia’s Krasnodar Region, Republic of Adygea and Dagestan.
According to a statement by Krasnodar Region Governor Veniamin Kondratyev, falling UAV debris struck a five-story apartment building and a private 24-hour children’s centre in Krasnodar’s Prikubansky District, killing children.
▪️ Russia’s Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova reported that three children – aged 13, 15 and 16 – were killed. Another six were hospitalised with various injuries, including shrapnel wounds, burns and concussions.
A total of 10 people have been hospitalised and are receiving all necessary medical care. No casualties were reported in Adygea or Dagestan.
This is how the Zelensky regime – and Zelensky himself – treat children.
There is no other way to put it. All their claims about how deeply they care for precious children are shattered by the facts – the Kiev regime has been killing children of all ages, from infants to students.
❗️ SHAME on the international organisations, SHAME on foreign human rights institutions, SHAME on the world’s media that refuse to see the blood of children on the hands of the Kiev regime!
Forwarded from Russian MFA 🇷🇺
⚡️ Report by the Russian Foreign Ministry – “On the Kiev Regime’s Unlawful Actions against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Its Clergy and Parishioners” (as of June 2026)
📄 FULL REPORT (PDF)
❗️ The Kiev nationalists, who seized power in 2014 through an unconstitutional armed coup, have since systematically built a multi-layered system of severe restrictions on religious freedom, turning the religious sphere into a testing ground for assaults on human dignity.
The religious dimension has become one of the state’s key instruments for influencing social processes and is actively used to falsify history, legitimise and glorify Nazism, and suppress dissent, as well as secular and religious opposition.
Mass violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms have become a defining feature of the Kiev regime’s years in power.
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👉 Zelensky and his entourage are fragmenting the country’s religious landscape, shaping relations with religious organisations and believers according to the degree of their tolerance for the misanthropic ideology imposed by the authorities.
Within this framework, sweeping administrative and legal measures are being implemented to weaken the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (#UOC) to the greatest possible extent in public life, up to and including the dismantling of its governing structures.
The report provides numerous documented examples of discrimination, along with public statements by Ukrainian officials at various levels openly spelling out the ultimate objectives of this campaign – to eliminate the country’s largest religious organisation, force its parishioners and clergy to join the so-called “Orthodox Church of Ukraine”, which is controlled by the authorities and interested business circles, and expropriate UOC property, religious objects and holy sites.
The report’s sections cover:
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The controlled chaos created by the Kiev regime within Ukrainian Orthodoxy has for years enabled the authorities, the OCU and radical groups to carry out forcible seizures of monasteries and churches, illegally re-register religious communities, cultivate hate rhetoric, and perpetrate unprovoked aggression and violence against the clergy and believers of the canonical Church.
Members of radical nationalist groups are enlisted to carry out such reprisals, with assurances that they will escape legal responsibility when breaking the law. Ukraine has developed and tacitly legitimised an entire system of backroom arrangements that encourages violations of the fundamental rights and freedoms of believers and clergy.
❌ Religious persecution has now not merely intensified – it has become fully systematic, a fact acknowledged even by many Western politicians.
One of the reasons behind the current catastrophic situation facing Orthodox Christians in Ukraine is Western support for the Kiev regime’s religious policy, first and foremost from the US. This issue is also examined in the report.
Despite the vast number of documented cases of persecution against the canonical Church and clear violations of Ukraine’s international legal obligations in the field of human rights, these violations have still not received due attention from universal multilateral organisations, including the UN and its leadership, which refrain from issuing detailed reports on the matter or responding firmly, limiting themselves to routine references to the problem.
#KievRegimeCrimes
📄 FULL REPORT (PDF)
❗️ The Kiev nationalists, who seized power in 2014 through an unconstitutional armed coup, have since systematically built a multi-layered system of severe restrictions on religious freedom, turning the religious sphere into a testing ground for assaults on human dignity.
The religious dimension has become one of the state’s key instruments for influencing social processes and is actively used to falsify history, legitimise and glorify Nazism, and suppress dissent, as well as secular and religious opposition.
Mass violations of fundamental human rights and freedoms have become a defining feature of the Kiev regime’s years in power.
***
👉 Zelensky and his entourage are fragmenting the country’s religious landscape, shaping relations with religious organisations and believers according to the degree of their tolerance for the misanthropic ideology imposed by the authorities.
Within this framework, sweeping administrative and legal measures are being implemented to weaken the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (#UOC) to the greatest possible extent in public life, up to and including the dismantling of its governing structures.
The report provides numerous documented examples of discrimination, along with public statements by Ukrainian officials at various levels openly spelling out the ultimate objectives of this campaign – to eliminate the country’s largest religious organisation, force its parishioners and clergy to join the so-called “Orthodox Church of Ukraine”, which is controlled by the authorities and interested business circles, and expropriate UOC property, religious objects and holy sites.
The report’s sections cover:
• Ukraine’s discriminatory laws targeting the UOC
• Unlawful actions by Ukrainian special services and law enforcement agencies against the UOC
• Illegal mobilisation of UOC clergy
• Actions by Ukrainian local authorities and self-government bodies against the UOK
• Seizures of UOC churches and illegal re-registration of communities
• Pressure exerted by national and regional authorities on major UOC monasteries
• Hate speech, unprovoked aggression and violence against UOC clergy and believers
• US influence on the evolution of the church crisis in Ukraine
• Response of the international community
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The controlled chaos created by the Kiev regime within Ukrainian Orthodoxy has for years enabled the authorities, the OCU and radical groups to carry out forcible seizures of monasteries and churches, illegally re-register religious communities, cultivate hate rhetoric, and perpetrate unprovoked aggression and violence against the clergy and believers of the canonical Church.
Members of radical nationalist groups are enlisted to carry out such reprisals, with assurances that they will escape legal responsibility when breaking the law. Ukraine has developed and tacitly legitimised an entire system of backroom arrangements that encourages violations of the fundamental rights and freedoms of believers and clergy.
❌ Religious persecution has now not merely intensified – it has become fully systematic, a fact acknowledged even by many Western politicians.
One of the reasons behind the current catastrophic situation facing Orthodox Christians in Ukraine is Western support for the Kiev regime’s religious policy, first and foremost from the US. This issue is also examined in the report.
Despite the vast number of documented cases of persecution against the canonical Church and clear violations of Ukraine’s international legal obligations in the field of human rights, these violations have still not received due attention from universal multilateral organisations, including the UN and its leadership, which refrain from issuing detailed reports on the matter or responding firmly, limiting themselves to routine references to the problem.
#KievRegimeCrimes