Russian patriarch says ‘weirdos’ spreading paganism on Ukraine frontline

The head of Russia’s powerful Orthodox Church said in remarks published late on Tuesday that “weirdos” were trying to spread paganism in the combat zone in Ukraine and called for efforts to counter attempts to weaken the church’s influence there.

Patriarch Kirill, a close ally of President  Vladimir Putin , has been an enthusiastic backer of Russia’s  invasion of Ukraine , in which thousands of people have been killed and millions