Zelensky meets with Pe Francis at Vatican

The president called on the pontiff to join the implementation of Ukraine’s Peace Formula, Ukrinform reports with reference to the head of state's Telegram channel.

"Met with Pe Francis. I am grateful for his personal attention to the tragedy of millions of Ukrainians. I also emphasized that tens of thousands of children were deported. We must make every effort to return them home. In addition, I asked to condemn Russian crimes in Ukraine. Because there cannot be equality between the victim and the aggressor," he wrote.

Zelensky also informed the Pe about the Peace Formula as, according to him, the only effective algorithm for achieving a just peace, and offered to join its implementation.

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As Ukrinform reports, referring to ANSA, Pe Francis gave Ukrainian President Vodymyr Zelensky a small sculpture representing an ive branch, the symb of peace. The Ukrainian president, on the other hand, gave the Pe an icon of Our Lady painted on the remains of a bulletproof vest.

As reported by Ukrinform, President Vodymyr Zelensky is on his first visit to Italy since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Photo: Vatican Media