Pope calls on Putin to make peace

Pope Leo XIV calls on Russian President Vladimir Putin to make peace with Ukraine.

The Pope and the Russian leader spoke on the phone today, writes Reuters.

According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Pope Putin noted that Ukraine has escalated the war.

It was emphasized that the deliberate and targeted attack on civilians that Ukraine carried out recently is undoubtedly qualified by international law as terrorism, says Dmitrij according to Tass.