Dmytro Bintsarovskyi

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Dmytro Bintsarovskyi

Dmytro Bintsarovskyi

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Theologische Universiteit Utrecht

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Dmytro Bintsarovskyi
Dmytro Bintsarovskyi@bintsarovskyi·
My piece on some misconceptions about the war in Ukraine. In NL, I am preaching to the choir here (although I am not sure about some reformatorische kringen), but American conservative Christians are less unanimous in expressing solidarity with Ukraine. adfontesjournal.com/web-exclusives…
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Rod Dreher
Rod Dreher@roddreher·
Mood very grim at Fidesz HQ tonight.
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Dmytro Bintsarovskyi
Dmytro Bintsarovskyi@bintsarovskyi·
@markdtooley A simpler church structure and an emphasis on personal decisions (incl. adult baptism) resonate with American individualism.
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Dmytro Bintsarovskyi@bintsarovskyi·
@FeserEdward America still has internal checks that limit how far Trump can go. But this rhetoric gives cover to truly tyrannical regimes in dealing with their neighbors: “If America can, why can’t we?”
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Edward Feser
Edward Feser@FeserEdward·
Exactly. He threatens things that are evil to degree 10, and then when he actually does things that are evil only to some lesser degree, the cult cries "See? Art of the deal!" ignoring the fact that the Overton window has still been moved in the direction of greater evil.
Brandan P. Buck@brandan_buck

@PhilipDBunn "Nuking Iran" is an absurd framing meant to rhetorically protect the president. He could carry out his threat to systematically bomb Iran's infrastructure (and ensure Iran's response on the GCC and Israel), and his supporters will say: "See, he didn't NUKE Iran, you panican!"

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Dmytro Bintsarovskyi
Dmytro Bintsarovskyi@bintsarovskyi·
@megbasham It’s not just Trump vs. Harris. Support for Trump also meant backing him in primaries, taking his “Christianity” at face value, abandoning moral categories in foreign policy, excusing his flattery and boasting, and resorting to whataboutism for his every lie or wrongdoing.
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Dmytro Bintsarovskyi
Dmytro Bintsarovskyi@bintsarovskyi·
@RpsAgainstTrump US: Security guarantees are possible only if the war ends. Ukraine: How do we end it? US: Per Russia, you must leave Donbas (and we won’t pressure them to change this pre-condition). Ukraine: So we have to leave Donbas for guarantees? US: That's a lie.
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Republicans against Trump
Republicans against Trump@RpsAgainstTrump·
Q: Did the U.S. tell Zelensky that security guarantees depend on withdrawing from Donbas? Marco Rubio: “That’s a lie. It’s unfortunate he would say that… I don’t know why he says these things. They’re just not true.”
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Dmytro Bintsarovskyi@bintsarovskyi·
@RLHeinrichs It is indeed in our shared interest, but that does not contradict the point Kate was making: that Ukraine had no choice but to fight against the aggressor, whereas the US chose to fight against Iran
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Rebeccah Heinrichs
Rebeccah Heinrichs@RLHeinrichs·
Absolutely wrong wrong wrong. I have spent the last several years arguing that it is the U.S./Europe’s shared interest to support Ukraine and stop Russia. It is ALSO in our shared interest to stop, defang, weaken the Iran regime—- Russia’s partner for crying out loud. Know who gets this? UKRAINE.
Kate from Kharkiv@BohuslavskaKate

Ukraine was invaded, while Iran is your war of choice. Stop pretending nobody knows the difference.

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Dmytro Bintsarovskyi
Dmytro Bintsarovskyi@bintsarovskyi·
@AndrewTWalker I regret that Democrats refused to take a stand. But I struggle with how biblical it is to appeal to “empathy for Ukrainians” after cutting off aid, allowing Russia to bomb Ukraine in ways it didn’t dare under Biden, and adopting a neutral stance re a war with a clear aggressor.
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Andrew T. Walker
Andrew T. Walker@AndrewTWalker·
The God-given mandate of civil government is straightforward: to acknowledge the created order (Gen. 1; 8:20–9:17), to administer retributive justice against evildoers (Rom. 13:1–7), and to commend what is good (1 Pet. 2:14). Taken together, this entails prioritizing the national interest—that is, the interests of citizens—and securing the conditions for the common good to be realized. By @EWErickson’s own account of the positions the modern Democratic Party would refuse to applaud, one can see how far the party has drifted beyond the boundaries of biblical, political, and moral legitimacy. The Republican Party has its own defects and inconsistencies, but the asymmetry in fundamental priorities is too stark to ignore. This is not about conservative versus liberal; it is about what is biblical versus what is unbiblical and therefore incompatible with the formation of sound political communities.
Andrew T. Walker tweet media
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Dmytro Bintsarovskyi@bintsarovskyi·
@IAPonomarenko The Americans might say words are powerless anyway. I am afraid we’ve reached a point where this U.S. administration’s words really mean nothing to Ukrainians. Thank you to Europeans and others for your words of support - from you, they truly matter to Ukraine.
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Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦
Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦@IAPonomarenko·
The U.S. administration did not send a single representative to the official commemoration events marking the anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, nor did it issue a single word through its embassy in Kyiv -- not even a standard diplomatic boilerplate. This is all just tragic at this point.
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Dzokavaac@Dzokavaac·
@mobbs_mentality @TracySabolDC There is no such thing as Evangelicals in Ukraine. Catholics are in deep minority, Mostly Western Ukraine.. In Melitopol there were maybe 20 catholics in total lol
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Meaghan Mobbs
Meaghan Mobbs@mobbs_mentality·
Such important coverage from the incredible @TracySabolDC - too many Americans are unaware of the persecution of Evangelicals and Catholics by the Russians in Russian occupied areas of Ukraine. Russia seeks to crush religious freedom because independent faith communities strengthen national identity, moral resistance, and loyalty to a free Ukraine rather than to Moscow’s control.
Nana Sajaia@NanaSajaia

Pastor Mykhaylo Brytsyn, who led Grace Church in Melitopol, Ukraine tells @TracySabolDC he has come to D.C. to raise awareness on what's Russia is doing to religious communities in occupied territories.

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Dmytro Bintsarovskyi@bintsarovskyi·
@RLHeinrichs Thanks for sharing this analysis and for your position. Blaming the U.S. for the war while hoping for the U.S. to end it — a classic. As the saying goes: the two things Russians want most are to destroy America — and to get a green card.
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Dmytro Bintsarovskyi@bintsarovskyi·
@mobbs_mentality True. Yet in contrast to the previous pope, Leo XIV has taken a clearer moral position on the war in Ukraine, - at a time when both-sidesism has become more widespread, partly due to the new U.S. administration
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Meaghan Mobbs
Meaghan Mobbs@mobbs_mentality·
As a Catholic, and someone who was excited by the first American pope, this disappoints me. As children of God, we are called to name evil - so darkness is exposed, innocent are defended, and truth is not lost to fear. Russia is continuing hostilities. This must be named.
Pope Leo XIV@Pontifex

I am following the situation in Ukraine with sorrow, and I am close to and pray for those who suffer. The continuation of hostilities has increasingly serious consequences for civilians, and widens the rift between people, driving away a just and lasting peace. I invite everyone to intensify efforts to end this war.

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Dmytro Bintsarovskyi@bintsarovskyi·
@IAPonomarenko Lasting peace will result from a balance of power. If, as Trump repeatedly claims, Ukraine is the weaker side, then it makes sense to support the weaker side. Weapon deliveries escalate conflicts with symmetric military potentials, but deescalate those with asymmetric ones.
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Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦
Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦@IAPonomarenko·
I’m genuinely shaken to my core by how the Trump administration is ABSOLUTELY FINE with the fact that, right in the middle of yet another round of “peace talks,” literally while delegations are sitting across from each other discussing “compromise,” Russia is launching devastating missile strikes on heating and electricity in Ukrainian cities, leaving millions of people in a humanitarian catastrophe in the middle of a freezing winter. And there isn’t the slightest objection, condemnation, or demand to stop. Nothing. Nobody appears bothered by these mass war crimes unfolding live. Nothing, except regular Trump outbreaks in claiming that “Zelensky doesn’t want peace.” And it’s easy to see why: they think that every Ukrainian apartment block demolished by a Russian missile in the middle of the night, along with the people inside it, helps them “pressure Zelensky into a deal.” It’s astonishing. Down to the darkest depths of moral collapse. I genuinely can't wrap my head around how things could end up this way in this regard.
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Dmytro Bintsarovskyi@bintsarovskyi·
@mobbs_mentality Russians want to impress Trump. In a world governed by moral norms and constraints, the use of force against civilians rather than military targets would be regarded as a sign of weakness. In Trump’s worldview, however, it is treated as leverage and evidence of strength.
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Meaghan Mobbs
Meaghan Mobbs@mobbs_mentality·
I don’t envy the Ukrainians at the negotiating table. Russia is deliberately pushing Ukraine to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe and state collapse, while feigning interest in “peace.” This attack also appears designed to sabotage the process itself as it could have baited Ukraine into walking away in justified outrage, only so Moscow could cynically claim the collapse was Ukraine’s fault. These actions by Russia should be met with outrage and decisive force from the United States and Europe. Instead, we see Washington pressing Ukraine toward capitulation and too much of Europe watching from the sidelines. When history writes this chapter, there will be very few heroes and far too many villains.
POLITICOEurope@POLITICOEurope

Russia launched its largest aerial assault on Ukraine so far this year overnight, killing civilians and plunging much of the country into darkness — just hours after Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. officials held trilateral peace talks in Abu Dhabi. politico.eu/article/russia…

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Dmytro Bintsarovskyi@bintsarovskyi·
@nfergus "impeded progress toward a peace deal for Ukraine" means "helped Ukraine avoid capitulation", right?
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Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson@nfergus·
Why might Trump prefer the Europeans to be talking about Greenland instead of Iran or Ukraine? Because Europe would be bound to make its usual pleas for “de-escalation” with respect to Tehran. And because the Americans think it was the EU and UK who last year impeded progress toward a peace deal for Ukraine. 6/8
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Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson@nfergus·
There is a rapidly forming narrative in the European and liberal media that the Europeans “won Davos”: primarily by getting Trump to “de-escalate” his demand that the United States acquire Greenland from Denmark. 1/8
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Dmytro Bintsarovskyi@bintsarovskyi·
@FeserEdward @Pontifex Observer status is enough (as at the UN), since the Board will likely turn into a circus—and it is more dignified to watch than to join it.
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Edward Feser
Edward Feser@FeserEdward·
His voice would be invaluable. But in my opinion, @Pontifex should politely decline such offers – regardless of who is president – given the dignity of the papal office. Popes should never have even the appearance of being in a subordinate position relative to any other authority
ZenitEnglish@zenitenglish

🇻🇦🇺🇸Trump invited the Vatican to the new “Peace Board.” The Holy See confirms that Leo XIV is considering accepting ⤵️ zenit.org/2026/01/21/tru…

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Edward Feser
Edward Feser@FeserEdward·
Not quite. America voted against the other party, which was unable to curb inflation and has been captured by an ideological cult that lost its mind on matters of sex, race, crime, and immigration. The problem is that the only alternative on offer was a hubristic personality cult
Damon Linker@DamonLinker

Thought-bubble above every head in the room as Trump spoke: "America voted for this. Again." That's by far the most distressing thing of all. This is the president the United States freely chose.

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Dmytro Bintsarovskyi@bintsarovskyi·
@dangambardello Trump’s aggressive threats -> countries pushing back -> Trump proclaims a victory but in fact retreats. The same pattern with trade policy, the Mineral deal with Ukraine, commercial diplomacy with China, tariff threat over Greenland
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Dan Gambardello
Dan Gambardello@dangambardello·
Trump cancelled the 10% EU Tariff! It literally is the April tariff playbook!
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Dmytro Bintsarovskyi@bintsarovskyi·
@RpsAgainstTrump The only real war, between Russia and Ukraine, is raging at its peak. And even now, with Russia economically much weaker than under Biden, Trump cannot compel it to negotiate
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Republicans against Trump@RpsAgainstTrump·
Speaker Mike Johnson: A lot of people are criticizing Norway for making a political decision and not awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to probably the most deserving individual in the history of the prize. There are 8 to 10 wars and conflicts that’ve been resolved by President Trump, and he got snubbed.
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