Tim Furnish - Customary Disregard for Religion in Conflict Zones

Dr. Tim Furnish is a Scholar id Islam who's also familiar with the Army chaplain service. US policy makers, Department of Defense leaders and academics may disregard relgions impact on a population, but the population dissents. Tim and Pete A Turner have experience in reckoning with this reality.
In terms of the current Russian vs Ukrainian conflict, the various Orthodox churches come into play. In particular the Russian Orthodox church. Again, this on the surface may not matter to Americans, however, it's an essential element of Ukrainian life. It's also a bridge between the Russian and Ukrainian people. The separation of church and state isn't as wide in most of the world as it is in the US.