Attempts to rush through Kremlin projects under religious guise are unacceptable - Victor Yelenskyy

The attempts to destabilize the political situation in Ukraine and piggyback the Kremlin projects under the guise of religious procession for peace are disgusting and unacceptable. MP of the faction “People's Front,” Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Spirituality Victor Yelenskyy said it in his speech at the session hall.

“If the religious procession, which is so much discussed, is intended to unite the country, if this procession is obliged and called to pray for peace, why it does not appeal to the rulers of the Kremlin and the Kremlin walls, from where comes the threat to peace in Ukraine, in Europe and the whole world?” Yelenskyy said.

“If it is held for the unification of Ukrainians, then why they wear “potato beetle” ribbons that have become a symbol of bloodshed in Ukraine? If this is a march for peace in Ukraine, why it is held under the portraits of Nicholas II, a cannibal and Ukrainophobe? If this march is about relations, why they branded as devoid of God’s grace million Ukrainian who believe in Jesus Christ, and not the Russian world,” MP said.

Yelenskyy also noted that the religious procession of the Moscow Patriarchate “never said a word about those who today are torturing Ukrainian Catholics, who are torturing Ukrainians, not belonging to the MP.”

“If Ukraine wants to be a state, not a territory, it must protect itself including from FSB-employed priests, including from those who cover Kremlin project with their robes,” Yelenskyy concluded. It was reported by RBC-Ukraine.