Secretary of the National Security Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov commented on the scandalous posts on Instagram by the former world champion in three weight categories Vasily Lomachenko, containing a video of a sermon by the Metropolitan of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate Longin, where he accuses our country of "
According to Danilov, such behavior of a boxer is unacceptable during the war with the Russian invaders.. He noted that now our state is fighting not with the church, but with citizens who support the aggressor country..
" Perhaps this person (Lomachenko - approx.. ) go to church. I want to say that we are not fighting the church. We are fighting those citizens who support the Russian Federation, who now have Article 111 - for high treason.
Please go anywhere, pray to any god. We don’t care if a person is wearing a cassock, a Brioni suit or a tracksuit, but if he supports Russia, if he speaks openly with this, such a person will have trouble with our country. This is unacceptable during the war and everyone needs to understand that it is our duty to clean, clean and clean all Russian agents from our territories..
I emphasize once again: we are not at war with any church. We do not have such a task - to fight with someone. I mean institutions, organizations and so on. But if certain people are involved in supporting the aggressor country, have contacts with it, then let them say it out loud, pack their things and go to Russia - then what should they do here? "
Despite the flurry of indignation of his subscribers after the first video with the priest of the Moscow Patriarchate, Lomachenko posted another one the next day.. The former first racket of Ukraine Serhiy Stakhovsky, as well as the Ukrainian skeletonist Vladislav Geraskevich spoke harshly against the boxer.
Recall that Lomachenko was included in the register of traitors to Ukraine, which is maintained by the public organization "