RUSSIAN soldiers who die in the line of duty in Ukraine have all of their sins forgiven, the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church proclaimed in a sermon, comparing their sacrificial death to that of Jesus.
The assertion, made on Sunday, ratchets up Moscow Patriarch Kirill's already staunch support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine since it began on February 24.
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