US EditionUkraine asks Vatican to formalize mediation role for return of citizens taken by Russia
Ukraine seeks Vatican to ensure accountable talks with Russia for returning 19,546 children and civilians amid ongoing humanitarian crisis, officials said.
- Ukraine has asked the Vatican to mediate negotiations for the return of citizens taken by Russia during the war, as stated by an official from the Kyiv government.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made this request in a letter to Pope Leo XIV before a planned meeting.
- Ukrainian officials continue to document thousands of cases of children unlawfully taken to Russian territory during the war.
- Current data from Ukraine’s Bring Kids Back platform shows that 19,546 children have been documented as deported or forcibly transferred by Russia.
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At the Ukrainian Embassy in Rome, young people aged 14 to 18 gave accounts of their abduction, detention and forced rehabilitation by the Russian authorities, describing an organized system of deportation, propaganda and "rusification".
Ukraine asks Vatican to formalize mediation role for return of citizens taken by Russia
ROME — Ukraine has asked the Vatican to formalize its role facilitating negotiations over the return of Ukrainian children and civilians taken by Russia during the nearly four-year war, a Kyiv government official said Wednesday. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made the request in a letter to Pope Leo XIV ahead of an audience Friday between the pope and a delegation of returned Ukrainian children and civilians. At a briefing Wednesday, the young p…
Vatican Asked to Formalize Role in Effort to Bring Back Ukrainian Children Taken During Wa
Rome – (AP NEWS )-Ukraine is urging the Vatican to move from an informal humanitarian mediator to an officially recognized partner in talks aimed at securing the return of Ukrainian children and civilians taken to Russia during the nearly four-year conflict. According to a senior official in Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy conveyed this request in a letter to Pope Leo XIV, ahead of a scheduled audience between the pontiff and a group of rece…
Seven children abducted from Ukraine by Russia, who were returned home through the mediation of the Holy See, were presented to the press at the Ukrainian embassy in Rome on Wednesday; the children will also be received by Pope Leo XIV. The children's arrival in Rome coincided with the UN's Universal Children's Day on November 20. The seven teenagers are among thousands of children abducted by Russia from Ukraine during the war that has been goi…
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