In an interview with Rossiya 1 channel, and presumably speaking with Putin's permission, the 64-year-old bishop admitted the conflict is beginning to weigh heavily on the minds of Russians. In what appeared to be a final act of retaliation, the despot's troops blew up the Nova Kakhovka dam as they retreated across the Dnipro River, as well as allegedly destroying the Antonovsky Bridge, which is the other main crossing point over the river in the Kherson region. ![]() Russian troops were forced to abandon the city late last week amid a counter-offensive by Ukrainian troops, with reports that some disguised themselves as civilians as they attempted to flee. ![]() The remarks are an extraordinary intervention by the clergyman and have sparked suggestions that Putin may be open to a deal after his humiliating defeat in Kherson. The bishop, who is widely seen as Putin's spiritual adviser called the war, which began with Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine in February, an 'unprecedented tragedy' and said it 'should end with peace'. Metropolitan Tikhon Shevkunov, who is known to be exceptionally close with the Russian premier, dramatically said there needs to be 'peace by the will of God' between the two nations. ![]() A bishop who is known as Vladimir Putin's 'personal confessor' has made an extraordinary plea for an end to the war in Ukraine after months of bloodshed.
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