Why won't Justin Welby call out Russia's Patriarch Kirill?

Justin Welby has just visited Ukraine. While there he spoke clearly against the false religion that underlies Russia’s ideology, and called Patriarch Kirill, the Russian Orthodox leader, a heretic, a war-criminal and a perverter of the Christian gospel.

Alas, only the first sentence is true. Welby has never, as far I can see, called out his Russian counterpart. He doesn’t want to be undiplomatic, I suppose. True, Welby has condemned the invasion in clear terms; almost two years ago he was quick to call it ‘an act of great evil’. He then had a video call with Kirill (with Pope Francis also on the line) where he called the war ‘a great tragedy’ and said that ‘war and violence is never an answer’. Note the toning down from ‘great evil’ to ‘great tragedy’ when Kirill is present.

If a Christian leader has become an agent of fascism, this should not be politely glossed over

A year ago, on the war’s first anniversary, he seemed to think that Russia’s defeat was imminent, and warned leaders not to be too tough on Russia: ‘Russia cannot end up like Germany after 1919; it must be able to recover and be secure without being allowed to repeat its aggression.’