The Pope hopes that the mission in Eliushki will continue. Thank God that we were able to carry out a humanitarian mission to save lives, and we hope that this is not an isolated case. But, unfortunately, much still needs to be done to achieve peace in Ukraine, - said Pope Leo XIV while talking to journalists during his flight to Montevideo, where he began his apostolic visit to Uruguay. He was asked to comment on the ceasefire in Alsheki, which was reached by Russia and Ukraine with the help of the first lady of the USA Melania Trump. Leo XIV touched on the situation around the city in the Kherson region in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 16.

The Pope hopes that the mission in Eliushki will continue. Thank God that we were able to carry out a humanitarian mission to save lives, and we hope that this is not an isolated case. But, unfortunately, much still needs to be done to achieve peace in Ukraine, - said Pope Leo XIV while talking to journalists during his flight to Montevideo, where he began his apostolic visit to Uruguay. He was asked to comment on the ceasefire in Alsheki, which was reached by Russia and Ukraine with the help of the first lady of the USA Melania Trump. Leo XIV touched on the situation around the city in the Kherson region in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 16.