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Can a papal truce request open a way out of Oleshky?
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On the sixteenth, Pope Leo XIV asked Vladimir Putin for a humanitarian truce in Oleshky. On the nineteenth, the Vatican says he raised Oleshky with Zelensky, pointing to that truce request and hoping both sides could cooperate.
Vatican City and Oleshky
Some 2,000 people are trapped there without electricity or a safe way out. Kherson's regional administration says almost fifty are children.
2,000
Oleksandr Prokudin, head of Kherson's military administration, says: Most horrifyingly, the Russians have effectively deprived them of any possibility of escaping this hell.
“Most horrifyingly, the Russians have effectively deprived them of any possibility of escaping this hell.”
Ukraine's ombudsman, Dmytro Lubinets, says Russia has reportedly accepted corridor proposals, but final details remain open. Destroyed bridges and mined roads keep residents inside. No final evacuation agreement is confirmed yet, so the truce has not yet opened a way out.
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- Deutsche WelleZelensky discussed the humanitarian catastrophe in Oleshky with the Pope
- LBCUkraine war: Troops drop food aid to civilians trapped by Russia | LBC
- LibertateaPope Leo XIV called Volodymyr Zelensky, after Vladimir Putin refused a truce in Oleshky, where people trapped between fires are dying of hunger
- lastampa.itThe Pope calls Zelensky: 'Let's save the civilians of the starving city'
- lastampa.itThe Pope calls Zelensky: 'Let's save the civilians of the starving city'
- Il MessaggeroUkraine, Pope Leo also calls Zelensky: 'Let's save the people of Oleshky'