By Andreja Bogdanovski2025-02-24T11:26:00
If a US-negotiated peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine involves ceding land, it will also have huge implications for the Church. Andreja Bogdanovski explains why Putin wants control of Orthodoxy in Ukraine - and why that would be dangerous for all Christians
Donald Trump promised that, when he became America’s new president, he would end the war within Ukraine in 24 hours. Many in Europe, primarily Ukraine’s President Zelensky, feared he could not deliver on those promises without twisting Ukraine’s arm and appeasing Putin’s appetite to conquer Ukraine.
As we mark three years since Russia’s brutal invasion, these fears have materialised, making it hard to distinguish between the rhetoric emanating from Moscow and that coming from Washington. Trump’s team launched negotiations with Russia without involving Ukraine, diminishing Zelensky’s ability to negotiate a just peace almost entirely.
Following a prolonged period of isolation, the new US administration welcomed Putin back into global affairs, entering negotiations with a willingness to accept key stipulations from Russia about Ukraine, even before talks began. These included denying Ukraine NATO membership, no return to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders and the elimination of any American role in peacekeeping efforts.
2025-03-05T09:23:00Z By Tim Farron MP
Donald Trump and JD Vance tried to humiliate Volodymyr Zelenskyy on an international stage last week, says Tim Farron MP. The Christians who voted the US president into power must now hold him to account
2025-02-27T15:48:00Z By George Pitcher
In light of President Trump’s proposed peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced cuts to foreign aid in order to boost defence spending. But ignoring the plight of the poor is a zero-sum game, says George Pitcher. Just look at the biblical story of the rich man and Lazarus
2025-02-26T09:50:00Z By Stephanie Addenbrooke Bean
Controversial televangelist Paula White-Cain is a long-standing friend of Donald Trump. But her appointment to the White House Faith Office has garnered criticism from across the political and religious spectrum. Stephanie Addenbrooke Bean takes a closer look
2025-06-12T18:28:00Z By George Luke
After being accused of serious sexual misconduct and drug abuse, the former Newsboys singer Michael Tait has issued a full apology. George Luke hopes other Christian leaders caught in sin will take the same approach
2025-06-12T17:53:00Z By Miriam Cates
A new UN report says all but three countries in the world will have below replacement levels of reproduction by the end of the century. God’s command to ”increase in number” was never meant to be an optional extra, says Miriam Cates. It’s time that Christians took it seriously again
2025-06-12T17:41:00Z By Krish Kandiah
With so much tragedy and unrest dominating our news headlines, it can be tempting to turn away or become disheartened. But in a world where conflict drowns out compassion, we need peacemakers more than ever, says Dr Krish Kandiah
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