Tatiana Muhomorova of RISU* interviewed Father Liubomyr Yavorskyi, Deputy Director of the Department of the Patriarchal Curia of the UGCC for Pastoral Care of the Law-Enforcement of Ukraine, who said among other things, “‘Today’s courage and patriotism are the foundation of our future that is laid now.”
< Photo: Father Liubomyr Yavorskyi of the UGCC
The illegal Russian thug government installed by the Kremlin continues to work to weaken the Crimean Tatars by lessening their resolve to oppose the illegal occupation as the Putin clique makes plans to turn Crimea into a giant gambling den owned by Kremlin supporters.
“The Nuncio…voiced his fears that the Roman Catholic presence in Ukraine might practically disappear if the country remains destabilized. The Greek Catholic Churches, he said, “may be even more at risk, but for different things, in terms of prosecution from the side of Russia and others who have never really accepted the reality of this beautiful church which is there, which is one of our great sources of pride as Catholic people.”
^ Photo: Archbishop Thomas Gullickson, the Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine with a local church musical group
The content, nature and characteristics of such a war differ significantly from the traditional models of previous wars. Experts refer to it as a so-called war of controlled chaos.
In the geopolitical system of coordinates, the essence of the war of controlled chaos lies in the geopolitical destruction of the victim state and the neutralization of its geopolitical characteristics — size of territory, population, international status, economic opportunities, military power, and total potential.
Shutdown virtually completes muffling of Crimean media
< Photo: Chornomorska’s website; the banner feature’s the station’s logo: “We are by your side.”
“She’s our Joan of Arc,” said Valeriy Ryabykh, a military expert with the Defense Express magazine.
In a country in which most women are still expected to tend house and cook for their families, the war against separatists in eastern Ukraine is drawing a small but growing number of women to the battlefield.
"The Putin-factor plays a role because of the Ukraine crisis. Some export firms have become more cautious and are ordering less, so less is being produced," he said.
Investors already deterred by the escalating crisis in Ukraine are selling retailers’ shares on concern the import restrictions will cut into revenue, ING Groep NV and BNP Paribas SA say. Russia’s import curbs include all cheese, fish, beef, pork, fruit, vegetables and dairy products from the U.S., the European Union, Canada, Australia and Norway.
"We are not the aggressors, we have not attacked Moscow and Russia, and Russia sent their weapons to Ukraine, Russia invaded our land - Crimea, although Russia was a guarantor of the inviolability of Ukrainian territory ... But the truth is on our side, and God is with us. And if God is with us, victory will be ours," said Patriarch Filaret.
In a classic reaction to a headline of a looming invasion of Ukraine by Russia, several things might happen nearly instantaneously. Stocks would plunge (check). Yields would drop (mostly). Gold would soar (not really). Oil would soar (it remained weak). I think the cumulative evidence suggests the bulk of the stock fall was due to internal technicals and not the easy, convenient and coincident comments by Sikorski.