Vladimir Putin met with Patriarch Kirill, asking him to consecrate crosses with his initials to send to generals fighting in Ukraine.
Valeria Stihi
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Putin asked that his initials be engraved on the chains of crosses distributed to commanders of military units involved in the invasion of Ukraine. Patriarch Kirill performed the rite of blessing for the crosses and small icons destined for the Russian soldiers as Putin looked on. Kirill described Russia's invasion of Ukraine as part of a spiritual struggle against the West.
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