The disintegration of the Soviet Union and the creation in its place of fifteen successor states and a series of the facto states impacted the way people lived together in these territories. The case of Ukraine shows that the instability of the post-soviet order is not only territorial but concerns religious, political, economic and social fields. This panel develops from the recent conflict in Ukraine, and from the urgency of a reflection that it induced on the context of all the other wars. It aims to discussing the reality of this war in an historical, political, social and religious perspective. Indeed the scope of the panel is try tracing the roots of the conflict and discussing how it impacted and will impact possible political, social and religious scenarios in Russia and Ukraine, but also in other parts of the world. In particular the panel will reflect upon the issues of identity-ies and on how the religious and political perception and self-perception of people has been changed since last 24th February 2022.Chair: Marianna Napolitano (FSCIRE) Speakers:Tobias Köllner (Wittener Institut für Familienunternehmen), The Role of the Russian Orthodox Church for the War in Ukraine and Russian IdentityAlexandr Panchenko (European University at St Petersburg), Militarism, ‘Conspirituality’, and Religious Ontology in Present Day Russian Orthodox CultureDenis Brylov (National Pedagogical Dragomanov University), Transformation of the religious field and state-confessional policy of Ukraine in a situation of war Lidiya Lozova (University of Exeter), Ukrainian icons during wartime: their social ethos and national identityOlena Panych (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv), The Russia’s war on Ukraine in testimonies of Ukrainian EvangelicalsTatiana Vagramenko (University College Cork), Christian Evangelical Pacifism in the Context of the Russian InvasionJan Claas Behrends (Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History)