Pope-Zelensky phone call: 'Assistance requested for evacuation of Oleshky'

(ANSA) - ROME, 19 OTT - Pope Leo XIV and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky phone call Monday in which the pontiff called for Russian-Ukrainian cooperation to allow direly needed aid and the evacuation of the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky, the Vatican press office said. "Today, Pope Leo XIV held a telephone conversation with Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine," it said. "During the discussion, the Holy Father drew attention to the dire situation in the city of Oleshky, in the Kherson region, referring to a request for a humanitarian truce that had already been submitted to the President of the Russian Federation. "The Holy Father expressed the hope that cooperation between both sides might facilitate the delivery of food and medical aid, as well as the safe, voluntary evacuation of the civilian population." (ANSA).
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