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Zelensky presented the pope with a special icon, "Mother of God with Child," painted on a fragment of a box that held heavy artillery in the war-torn town of Izium.
Ukraine's President said Kyiv had taken steps to prevent a large-scale offensive. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin made the remarks as Russia and Ukraine met for talks in Istanbul.
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The Kyiv Independent on MSNBREAKING: Zelensky meets Pope Leo XIV at Vatican, scheduled to have private talksPresident Volodymyr Zelensky met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on May 18, following the pontiff's inauguration mass, according to Vatican News. According to Sky News, the Ukrainian president is also scheduled to have a private meeting with the Pope this afternoon.
The most realistic venues for the next round of talks between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations are Turkey, the Vatican and Switzerland, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said while speaking to journalists on Wednesday, May 28, "Interfax-Ukraine".
In September 2022, Moscow claimed to have annexed the four Ukrainian regions and to this day it does not fully control them. Putin illegally annexed Crimea in 2014. Kyiv has repeatedly rejected any suggestion it would surrender the regions.
US President Donald Trump, Mr Zelensky and Mr Vance last met at the White House in February. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Donald Trump says Moscow and Kyiv will start ceasefire negotiations "immediately", after two-hour call with Putin.
The meeting, which also included Secretary of State Marco Rubio, was the first encounter between Vance and Zelensky since a heated Oval Office session in February.