FOOTAGE shows the bizarre moment when a Russian priest struck a Ukrainian pastor with a holy cross.
Mykhailo Vasylyuk of the Moscow Patriarchy was filmed disrupting the funeral of fallen soldier Oleksandr Zinivy.
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In the clip, the cloth man tries to tear the crotch off the neck of priest Anatoliy Dudko before hitting him.
Military personnel were reportedly forced to intervene in the altercation after Vasylyuk was dragged away.
Local activist, Serhiy Timkov, shared the images facebook when he revealed that Dudko had suffered minor injuries.
He wrote: “In my opinion, [the incident] transcends all possible and impossible limits of arrogance.
“Based on the above, I am further asking law enforcement agencies to ensure order at meetings where there is conflict.”
Dudko reportedly upset Russian after publicly blaming Vladimir Putin for the ongoing invasion.
Ukrainian followers of the Russian Orthodox Church – a branch of Christianity – broke with its Moscow leadership earlier this year.
The incident comes after it was revealed that at least 75,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or injured in the war disaster in Ukraine in the final blow to the president.
The latter figure corresponds to a Russian estimate that more than 56,500 soldiersnational guard and fighters from private military companies have been murdered.
A number of colonels and lieutenant colonels revealed nearly a dozen new names, highlighting the chronic losses among the senior ranks.
A dozen generals have also been killed in the five-month war started by the Russian tyrant, while the number of troops continues to dwindle.
Just a few days ago, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said show detailed reviews Putinhas the plan spectacular failure.
His army is now so weakenedUkrainians are increasingly confident that they can recapture all their old frontiers.
Sir Tony said: “They are absolutely clear that they intend to restore their entire territory in terms of: Ukraine.
“They see a Russia struggling, a Russia that we believe has lost more than 30 percent of its effectiveness in land combat.”
He continued: “Russia had the ambition to create rifts as a challenge to the world order.
“Russia is failing in all those ambitions.”