You're listening to Breakpoint this week where we're talking about the top stories of the week from a Christian worldview.

Today we're going to talk about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, what's going on on the ground there, and how we can think about it as Christians, what this means for the world.

We're also going to talk about a new case that the Supreme Court in the United States has agreed to hear that could have

large implications for religious liberty. We have a lot to get to today, but we're so

thankful you're with us. Stick around. Welcome to Breakpoint this week from the Colson Center

for Christian Worldview. I'm Maria Baer, alongside John Stone Street, president of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. I'm Maria Bear, alongside John Stone Street,

president of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. John, this has just been a heavy week,

obviously for those of us watching what's going on in Ukraine, but especially for the people of

Ukraine. We talked about this last week and weren't sure whether or when this was going to happen,

but Russia has at this

point launched a military invasion of Ukraine. So we're recording this like we normally do on

Friday morning. So it's an extremely fluid situation. Details are somewhat hard to nail down

and things will change constantly as they have been. But what we know at this

point more or less is that Russia has launched military operations in several major cities in Ukraine.

I heard a report this morning that the Russian military is in control of the Ukrainian airport.

There have been casualties on both sides. The numbers are hard to nail down. The Ukrainian

government has said there are casualties in the hundreds of the Russian military, and then there

have been at least dozens of casualties on the Ukrainian side, both military and civilian.

We know there's been a state of emergency issued in Ukraine. There's been somewhat of a mass

exodus. I mean, I saw, I'm sure you did as well, those photos and video footage of just

congested highways going out of major cities in Ukraine yesterday. And the border with Poland, I understand,

is overrun as refugees are trying to make their way into

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