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We pray that the Lord admonish those madmen and help them to understand that any desire to destroy Russia will mean the end of the world.

— Patriarch Kirill of Moscow

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Source: Said about those who wish to "defeat Russia" during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, quoted in "Putin’s Henchmen Threaten ‘Tens of Thousands’ of Dead U.S. Troops", Daily Beast, 21 January 2023
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