Ukraine Christian Sounds Alarm on Putin's Ambitions

Ukraine Christian Sounds Alarm on Putin's Ambitions

By George Thomas

CBN News Sr. Reporter

Monday, March 09, 2015

Britain is considering a new round of sanctions on Russia for its involvement in the Ukraine conflict.


The West has long accused Russia of backing separatists in Eastern Ukraine with soldiers and weapons. Russia continues to deny the claim.


Meanwhile, in the United States, top Republican and Democratic leaders are asking President Barack Obama to send lethal weapons to Ukraine in its fight against pro-Russian rebels.


House Speaker John Boehner called the Kremlin's actions in Ukraine a "grotesque violation of international law." More than 6,000 people have died in the conflict since last April.


CBN News spoke with Ruslan Maliuta, a prominent Ukrainian evangelical leader and founder of Ukraine Without Borders, and Karen Springs, an American who has lived in Ukraine for 10 years. Springs works for CBN's Orphan's Promise ministry in Kiev.


Maliuta said Putin's territorial ambitions don't end with just Ukraine.


"My personal opinion is that Putin will not stop and we just need to realize that," he told CBN News. "Putin will not stop just with the Eastern part of Ukraine, he's not going to stop with Mariupol, he's not going to stop with Ukraine...If a country has a border with Russia they should be concerned."


Watch more of Maliuta and Springs' analysis and how the church around the world can pray for the situation in Ukraine and Russia.

Watch now: Full CBN interview