There are two canonically recognized Orthodox Churches in Ukraine and multiple religious minority groups that are extremely influential and active. And yet, within the context of an existential war, a single religious institution is neither the primary adversary nor the primary architect of who is the adversary. Rather, years of war have delivered the need to fight despair, hopelessness, and the indifference to suffering it breeds. Using ethnographic research, this paper argues that in the face of state instrumentalization of religious actors and the destruction across Ukraine of communities of all kinds, including religious communities, popular appeals to an ethics of care that are enshrined in lived religious practices emerge as a coping mechanism. This ethics of care trades on the premise that there are moral obligations inherent in relationships, not just to one's neighbors, but to flora and fauna, and the ecosystems on which they all depend. This ethics of care provides an antidote to challenging the anomie that unceasing war and tension has bequeathed.