Putin told Pope Leo he backs Vatican idea to help civilians in Oleshky, Kremlin says
Putin said Russia would cooperate with a Vatican effort to deliver food and medical aid after Leo urged a truce and safe evacuation for civilians.
- On Friday, Pope Leo XIV spoke by telephone with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the humanitarian situation in southern Ukraine.
- The conversation focused on the "grave humanitarian situation in the city of Oleshky, in the Kherson region," a Russian-controlled town where civilians face acute supply shortages.
- Pope Leo urged a ceasefire to allow the entry of first aid and food supplies and to permit voluntary evacuation of the civilian population.
- President Putin told the Pope he supported the Vatican initiative to deliver supplies and was ready to cooperate, the Kremlin said in a statement.
- Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of blocking supplies to the town, while the Holy Father reaffirmed the Holy See's commitment to promoting dialogue and peace.
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Putin agrees to cooperate with Pope Leo’s plea for aid for Ukrainian town
President Vladimir Putin told Pope Leo he had agreed to cooperate after the pontiff asked him on Friday to help get vital supplies into the Russian-controlled Ukrainian town of Oleshky, the Kremlin said. Leo phoned Putin and asked him to arrange a ceasefire to let aid and food into the town, taken by Russian forces […]
Pope Leo calls for ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky during call with Putin
The pope called for a local ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid deliveries and the safe evacuation of civilians from the front-line city, where around 2,000 residents remain trapped amid severe shortages of food and medicine.
Papa Lav XIV. pozvao je ruskog predsjednika Vladimir Putin on prekid vatre kako bi se omogućila dostava hrane i humanitarian pomoći stanovnicima ukrajinskog grada Oleški, koji je under Russian control, priopćio je u petak Vatikan. Papa eats tijekom […] Objava Papa put Putin on the ballot. In the occupation of Oleški gradu, gladuju pojavila se prvi puta on Novi list.
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