– President Vladimir Putin on Sunday attended an Easter mass performed by the Russian Orthodox Church, which has strongly backed the Kremlin chief’s “particular navy operation” in Ukraine.
Putin, wearing a darkish blue go well with, a white shirt and darkish purple tie, stood to at least one aspect in Moscow’s Christ the Saviour Cathedral, holding a lit pink candle, reside photographs of the midnight service confirmed.
The Russian chief crossed himself a number of instances through the ceremony. When Patriarch Kirill introduced “Christ has risen”, Putin joined the opposite members of the congregation with the reply “Really he's risen”. He in any other case didn't communicate.
At an outside service in Moscow on Saturday, Kirill mentioned he hoped the battle in Ukraine would finish shortly however didn't condemn it. His statements backing Russia’s intervention, which has been condemned by Kyiv and Western nations as an act of aggression, have splintered the worldwide Orthodox Church.
Russia says it's finishing up a particular navy operation in Ukraine geared toward demilitarising and “denazifying” the nation. Ukraine and the West reject that as a baseless pretext.
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