Pope Francis met with Zelenskiy

Zelenskiy said🗣️During the meeting with Pope Francis, he focused on stopping Russian military aggression and restoring peace.

He asked to comprehensively contribute to the implementation of the Ukrainian formula for peace, in particular in matters of food security, the release of prisoners and deported persons, and the restoration of justice. Since the war is on the territory of Ukraine, the peace plan can only be Ukrainian.

A separate topic of the meeting was the issue of Russian crimes related to the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children. He called on the Vatican to join Ukraine's efforts aimed at the return of Ukrainian children illegally and forcibly taken to Russia, de facto kidnapped.