"The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has been a vehicle for promoting hate of Ukrainians. Their leader, Patriarch Kirill, fanned the flames of hatred less than two weeks after the invasion when he justified the war on the grounds of a metaphysical battle between good and evil."
"Patriarch Kirill and the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) have used religious language to promote the invasion of Ukraine, repeatedly calling for the defense of the Fatherland. Kirill came under fire for suggesting that death on the battlefield is a sacrifice that forgives a soldier’s sins."