Every weekday of the Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine, American journalist Joe Lindsley has reported from throughout Ukraine on Chicago’s WGN Radio with host Bob Sirott. Here is his conversation from Thursday 5 January 2022.
By Joe Lindsley
Patriarch Kirill, leader of the Russian orthodox church in Moscow and a former KGB spy, has called for a 'Christmas truce’ on 7 January when both Orthodox Christians and Ukrainian Greek Catholics celebrate Christmas.
But this is a farce. He's trying to shift the narrative, trying to make the world forget Russia is the aggressor. A true Christian spirit would not be bombarding Ukrainian cities and would not be prohibiting freedom in Russia.
The Russian church, since the days of Stalin, has been an arm of the totalitarian Kremlin.
Plus: the amazing resilience of the Ukrainian economy despite the devastation of war.
The painting of Kirill in the video is the work of Ukrainian artist Danylo Movchan.
Joe Lindsley, founder of UkrainianFreedomNews.com, was the launch editor of LvivNow.com in 2021.
Follow us on and Instagram. Lviv Now is an English-language website for Lviv, Ukraine’s «tech-friendly cultural hub.» It is produced by Tvoe Misto («Your City») media-hub, which also hosts regular problem-solving public forums to benefit the city and its people.
