Putin’s Crusade Against Ukraine Suffers Spiritual Defeat

As the leader of Moscow’s own church in Ukraine denounces Russia’s aggression, the Kremlin has already lost its religious war

As this newsletter recently explained at length, Vladimir Putin’s renewed war against his neighbor, which just entered its third week, possesses a significant religious dimension, albeit one that few Westerners perceive. Although it’s certainly true that the Kremlin has ample earthly reasons to want to keep Ukraine out of NATO, to Russian eyes the issue…