Tuesday, February 24, 2026
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Christian realism of the situation with Ukraine and Russia, the killing of El Mencho, and the argument from a Minnesota legislator who claims transgender identity says pornography is crucial for youth developing LGBTQ identity.
Part I (00:14 – 10:38)
The Fourth Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Today Marks Four Years Since Russia Brutally Invaded Ukraine — We Need to Look at the Civilizational Reality
Part II (10:38 – 14:34)
In a Fallen World, the Good Guys Don’t Always Win: The Christian Realism of the Situation With Ukraine and Russia
Part III (14:34 – 19:15)
The Killing of El Mencho: Mexico’s Law Enforcement Kill One of the Cartel’s Most Deadly Leaders
Part IV (19:15 – 25:10)
Yes, This Was a Real Argument: Minnesota Legislator Who Claims Transgender Identity Says Pornography is Crucial For Youth Developing LGBTQ Identity
- Trans Minnesota Dem bizarrely argues ‘queer’ kids need access to porn sites for ‘educational’ reasons by New York Post (Anna Young)
- ‘A Partner in Crime’ and, Now, in Love by The New York Times (Sadiba Hasan)
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, February 24, 2006. I'm Albert Moller, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. |
| 0:14.3 | We simply at this point have to note that today marks the fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:23.4 | The importance of that is something we simply cannot afford to miss. We're talking about the fact that four years ago today, Russia invaded |
| 0:29.1 | Ukraine. It was a shocking development, although those who were watching the situation knew that |
| 0:34.2 | the tensions were escalating. It just didn't seem possible that something like this |
| 0:38.1 | could happen. This, let's just remind ourselves, was the first major land war in Europe since the |
| 0:44.0 | end of World War II. And so you're talking about the period from 1945 until just four years ago |
| 0:49.8 | that something like this was unthinkable. I didn't say it was unimaginable. And that's one of the |
| 0:55.9 | reasons why during the Cold War, there had been such a face-off between the Soviet Union and its |
| 1:01.2 | allied nations forming the Soviet bloc or the Eastern bloc, and then the United States and our allies, |
| 1:08.3 | most importantly the Western bloc, as it was known, formalized with NATO, |
| 1:13.1 | the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. So we just look at that and you recognize, even though |
| 1:18.1 | it was very clear that Russia was capable of such a thing, after all, it had basically taken |
| 1:23.3 | Ukrainian territory roughly a decade earlier when it simply possessed the Crimean Peninsula, |
| 1:30.0 | at the same time, it didn't seem that it was possible that a massive land invasion on the part of, |
| 1:35.2 | say, the Russian army into Ukraine was possible. But it is now, of course, a matter of history. |
| 1:41.6 | And we're talking about the reality now four years later. |
| 1:44.7 | Let's just talk about the reality in terms of death. And in terms of death and casualties, |
| 1:51.3 | Russia has suffered 1.2 million casualties. And by the way, these basically are all dated to |
| 1:56.0 | December of 2025. So these are not even updated for the last several months. But as of the close of the |
| 2:02.4 | previous year, Russia has suffered about 1.2 million casualties, and that includes about 325,000 |
| 2:09.7 | deaths. Now, just think about that for a moment. 325,000 deaths. In Ukraine, something like 500,000 to 600,000 military casualties and up to about 140,000 |
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