Odessa, Ukraine

Bishop Stanislav Shyrokoradiuk pulls no punches when asked about Russian President Putin's motivation for invading Ukraine.

"He's possessed by the Devil. Putin's a Satanist, plain and simple," he says. "How else can you explain what he's doing to Ukraine?"

66-year old Shyrokoradiuk is Bishop of Odessa and Simferopol. We meet at the magnificently restored Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

Air raid sirens are part of life in Odessa and under the ever-present fear of an amphibious Russian assault civilians had positioned tank traps and built sandbag barricades a little way down the street  - on the morning of my interview a Russian warship prowling the Black Sea has blitzed one of the city's outlying neighbourhoods with a volley of rockets.