Patriarch prays for end to Ukraine war

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
Patriarch Kirill says he hopes the Ukraine war will end soon but he has not condemned it. -EPA

The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, whose backing for Moscow's "special military operation" in Ukraine has dismayed many fellow Christians, says he hopes it will end quickly but again he has not condemned it.

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