OCU cleric asks God for "iron asteroid" to destroy Moscow and Novgorod
Simulation of a meteorite impact on Earth. Photo: hi-news
Oleksandr Dediukhin, a cleric of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) and a deputy of the Poltava City Council, suggested on his Facebook page that readers consider what kind of iron asteroid would be best to request from God to effectively destroy Moscow along with its residents, while minimizing the impact on Ukrainians.
"If a metallic asteroid 1.5 km in diameter, traveling at a speed of 100 km/s and at a 45° angle, strikes the center of Moscow, it would immediately kill 11,841,422 residents beyond the [Russian] border and create a crater 1 km deep and 62 km in diameter. But this isn't ideal because people could get hurt," wrote Dediukhin, referring to the potential impact on residents of Ukraine's eastern regions.
Through mathematical calculations, Dediukhin concluded that the best request to God would be a strike on Nizhny Novgorod. "Moscow and everything in it will burn anyway, and no people will suffer," he wrote.
Dediukhin's post received over 1,200 likes and was widely supported in the comments.
"I take it the Father approves of the general desire to aim the asteroid closer to the Urals?" asked Nataliya Chayka, addressing the OCU cleric.
"In any possible way," replied Dediukhin.
"The most important thing is that this is a godly endeavor," wrote Andriy Potapov, to which the OCU cleric responded: "Amen".
Previously, the UOJ reported that Dediukhin brought armed guards into a church "to glorify God".
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