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Russian leader Vladimir Putin celebrates Orthodox Christmas alone at Kremlin church

Russian President Vladimir Putin has celebrated the first Orthodox Christmas since his army invaded Ukraine on the grounds of the Kremlin. Photos and footage circulated by Russian state media on Saturday show the 70-year-old standing alone, in the presence only of church attendants, in the Cathedral of the Annunciation.

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Patriarch Kirill has called on believers to support pro-Russian "brothers" during Moscow's offensive in eastern Ukraine. In a sermon last year, he said that dying in Ukraine "washes away all sins".