President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on his fellow Ukrainians on Orthodox Easter on Sunday to unite in prayer for each other and the soldiers on the frontline, saying God -- who has a "Ukrainian flag on his shoulder" -- will lead to life defeating death.

Russian president attend service led by one of his staunchest backers while Zelenskiy asserts God is on Kyiv’s side

Worshippers including President Vladimir Putin have packed Moscow's landmark Christ the Savior Cathedral for a night-time Easter service.

Ukrainians in the embattled east flocked to church on Sunday to mark their third wartime Easter as Russian troops inched closer to threatening some of the region's key cities. Fighting on the eastern front has worsened in recent weeks,

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Ukraine marked its third Easter at war, Russia launched a barrage of drones concentrated in Ukraine’s east where the situation on the front line is worsening. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukrainians in an Easter address to be united in prayer and called God an “ally” in the war with Russia.

President Vladimir Putin and scores of other Moscow worshippers attended an Easter service on Sunday, led by the head of Russia's Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, a staunch supporter of the Russian leader and his war in Ukraine.

In a video filmed in front of Kyiv's Saint Sophia Cathedral, President Volodymyr Zelensky issued his Orthodox Easter address, hailing God as Ukraine's 'ally' in the war with Russia.