“As much of a patriot as I am, this is totally f*cked”: United Russia sends mobilized soldiers an icon of Putin for Easter, reports 36.6

Meanwhile, Russian troops in the Kherson Region also received an icon from Putin - although a more conventional one. Putin brought the gift in person, during his visit on April 8 – unplanned, as the Kremlin claims. The president traveled to the headquarters of the Dnepr grouping in the Kherson section, wished the troops a happy Easter and presented a replica of an icon. As Putin said, the original belonged to “one of the most successful defense ministers of the Russian Empire”. Judging by videos and reports released by state-owned media, Putin then took a helicopter to the military headquarters in the so-called “LPR”.