Russian leader Vladimir Putin spent Christmas, which is celebrated in Russia on 6-7 January, with military personnel at a church located on the grounds of a military unit operated by Russian military intelligence GRU in the Moscow region.

Live coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine with breaking news and frontline updates, updated 8 times today. Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to have marked Orthodox Christmas at a church in a military base,

President Vladimir Putin attended an early Wednesday Russian Orthodox Christmas service and hailed his troops' “holy mission” to defend Russia, pairing the ceremony with a holiday address on unity, charity and support for the armed forces.

At a Russian Orthodox Christmas service near Moscow, Vladimir Putin invoked religious and patriotic symbolism to promote unity and praise Russian troops as the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year.

Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrated Christmas Eve at an Orthodox service in the Moscow region on Tuesday evening. He was joined by veterans of Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine and their families.

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