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singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with a notable increase in military activity increase in military activity in the southern and eastern ukraine. the ukrainian armed forces say theyve launched several attacks, forces say theyve launched severalattacks, but forces say theyve launched several attacks, but the russians insist there attacks have been repelled. russian officials are claiming that their troops have succeeded in blocking at...

this is bbc news. its newsday. hi there, thank you for being with us. we start with the notable increase in military activity, in southern and eastern ukraine. the ukrainian armed forces say theyve launched several attacks, but the russians insist those attacks have been repelled. russian officials are claiming that their troops have succeded in blocking attacks around donetsk, luhansk, and zaporizhzhia — the ukrainian attack on donetsk was said to be on a significant scale. but the ...

We can ask god to help our country, and pray for our orthodox president, vladimir putin. these are uncertain times for russia. the war in ukraine has not gone according to plan, and now, all this talk of a possible ukrainian counteroffensive, and amid such instability, the kremlin relies increasingly on the orthodox church to sustain public support, both for the "special military "operation" and for the president. more icons — this one, vladimir putin gave to his commanders fighting in ukraine...

As such with real christian values, because cruelty is not christian values. in that sense, putin is a follower of a very specific kind of religion. in moscow, those queueing to see the holy trinity icon were hoping for miracles. "its difficult now with the special military operation", valentina says. "we pray for victory". "any sensible person will hope the conflict ends soon", says antonina. "i think god will help". russias orthodox church paints the war in ukraine as a holy war, to make russi...