Posted on 07/11/2016 10:12:57 AM PDT by Trumpinator
Putin Ask Monks to Pray for Russians Killed in Syria
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSJULY 11, 2016, 6:21 A.M. E.D.T.
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin has visited a famed Russian monastery to pray for Russian servicemen killed in Syria.
Two Russian airmen died in Syria over the weekend after their helicopter was shot down by Islamic State group fighters east of the ancient city of Palmyra.
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Peskov told reporters Monday that Putin has asked the monks and the visiting head of the Russian Orthodox Church to remember those who "work, fight and give their lives to serve the motherland" and to pray for the two troops killed over the weekend.
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Don’t bother praying for the Russian “volunteers” invading Ukraine. They can go “south” for all I care.
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