Russian strikes shatter peace of church service in Ukraine

One woman can be heard saying, "Praise the lord for saving our lives and keeping death and destruction away from the church's building."

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[TheAnomoly]

Ah man this breaks my heart. What have we become.

[GreytfulRecovery]

You can tell it’s no thing for them from happening for so long when a couple ppl were actually giggling when the first strike hit. So damn sad

[BenchwarmerBanter]

It's hard to believe that people are against Ukraine when there's been videos for 2 years like this

[JXMPLRD]

Priest was like "this ain't new, we got this"

[oldmagz]

Shatter peace? aren't they at war?

[D.Townsend-rq]

I STAND WITH UKRAINE. Signed a #NavyVeteranKorea.

[devinbarnett]

U act like this is new but this is actually everyday in Ukraine especially on Sunday because of church! But Christmas day was mostly quiet on all sides but that's the only day

[TakeTheRide]

I don't understand attacking civilians on either side.

[tyfihi]

Trump said he wold have peace on day one.

[Mike-tbci]

The free and civilized world stands with Ukraine!!!

[dhayes]

Animals don't seek peace. Only dominance.

[geoeconomics]

Democracy and freedom coming to Ukraine

[joeyrinard]

And smiling isnt a fear 😲 last time i checked laughing and smiling while a baby is scar d to death ☠️💀 isnt a nice thing to do

[nikolajdonovoj]

🇺🇦 The priest says in Ukrainian: - "Let's open the "First Epistle of the ... ... *Explosion sounds*; In the next episode, the priest didn't have time to say anything, and off-screen they call on people to hide in the basement. Do not add non-existent speeches so that the attackers do not distort.

[michaelkelsey]

Man the tree going through my ceiling was loader ..and yes im telling everyong i can... It sucked .. still w8 4 insurace ..

[edyagger]

Tit for tat. The Ukrainian, arrested all of the orthodox clergy, and closed down their worship services years ago. It is sad.

[rodrigorochacoutinho]

Essa igreja foi destruida após os ataques terroristas e brutais RUSSOS em Sumy! Slava Bohu Eloheinu u Ukrainy, UKRAINA JIVA!

[birdeyecloud]

Unacceptable this action and all Christian leaders should complaint Putin.

[opossumboyo]

the woman in the light blue jacket is smoking a cigarette in church LOL

[AriesRebirth]

How many innocents were murdered by Israel?