Chaplains on the front lines uphold life and humanity: Zelensky responds to Pope’s mention of “white flag” in video 2 33539
As War Ukraine-Russia News Hub reports, the video was published on the president’s Telegram channel.
“Our Defense Forces consist of many elements. Many brigades and units. And everyone operating at the front, everyone defending the state from Russian saboteurs and terror, everyone performing combat missions deserves gratitude and respect.
Russian murderers and torture chambers do not move further across Europe only because they are held back by Ukrainians and Ukrainian women with weapons in their hands and under the blue and yellow flag. In Ukraine there were many once white walls of houses and churches that are now scorched and smashed by Russian shells. And this very eloquently says who exactly must stop for the war to stop. Everyone who protects life and people performs the most honorable mission that can be done in the face of such an inhuman invasion.
And we must completely protect life, protect it in our home. And I thank everyone who supports our defense, Ukrainian defenders and defenders.
When Russian evil started this war on February 24, all Ukrainians came to their defense. Christians, Muslims, Jews – everyone. And I thank every Ukrainian chaplain who is with the army, in the Defense Forces. There, on the front line. Protects life and humanity. She supports us with prayer, conversation, and deed. This is what the Church is – with people. And not two and a half thousand kilometers away – somewhere there to engage in virtual mediation between those who want to live and those who want to destroy you.
I thank everyone who is in Ukraine and with Ukraine, who is doing everything to save life. I thank everyone who helps and who is really nearby – with actions and prayers,” Zelensky emphasized.