Russian Priest Defends Calling Ukraine Conflict a 'War' After $330 Fine

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Russian priest was recently fined $330 under a new legislation that bans people from calling the Russian invasion of Ukraine a "war," in what Russian President Vladimir Putin calls a "military operation" instead.

"As a Christian, I open the gospel and look for the word 'special operation'", Orthodox priest Ioann Burdin said recently, who was fined by the court in Russia's Kostroma region on March 6, according to Radio Free Europe. "There's no such word. There is this word 'war' though. No one speaks about special operations in the bible."

He also added that the news of the invasion made him feel "like the ground was falling away beneath my feet."

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