Tensions between the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Russian Orthodox Church have risen since the start of the war in Ukraine, as evidenced by a funeral video broadcast on July 22.
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According to an excerpt reported by NEXTA media, we can see Russian priest Mikhailo Vasiliuk physically attacking a Ukrainian priest, due to a comment on Vladimir Putin.
according to Newsweek, The Ukrainian pastor is said to have said that Vladimir Putin started the war in Ukraine to protect the faithful from the Russian Orthodox Church.
Vasilyuk, a member of the Moscow Patriarchate, immediately responded by approaching his Ukrainian aide and striking a few blows at him with a cross on his upper body.
And the soldiers of the Ukrainian army who supervised the ceremony intervened to put an end to the quarrel.
The Ukrainian priest, victim of the wrath of his colleague Anatoly Dudko, was slightly injured.
The accident occurred in Vinnytsia in the center of the country.
Local authorities opened an investigation.
