Ukrainian Church Leaders Sound Alarm on Russia’s Use of Religious ‘Jihadist’ Language to Prop Up War Effort

Ukrainian religious leaders traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to warn American policy-makers that Russia is effectively wielding religious, “jihadist” language to prop up support for its war of aggression, and to urge U.S. officials to keep the much-needed aid coming.

A Ukrainian delegation of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim clergy came to D.C. to meet with members of Congress, think-tankers, and journalists to shore up continued U.S. support for their home country as the war there approaches its second anniversary.