{"id":33455,"date":"2026-10-16T19:07:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=33455"},"modified":"2026-10-16T19:07:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:07:21","slug":"papa-lev-zaklykav-peremyrja-oleshky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/papa-lev-zaklykav-peremyrja-oleshky\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo XIV called on Putin to declare a ceasefire in Oleshky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">Pope Leo XIV, in a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, expressed concern about the humanitarian situation in Oleshky in the Kherson region and called for a ceasefire. According to a statement from the Holy See Press Office, this would allow for the delivery of food and medical aid and enable the voluntary and safe evacuation of civilians.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pope Leo XIV spoke to Vladimir Putin on the telephone on 16 October.<\/li>\n<li>The Holy See has announced a call for a ceasefire in Oleshky.<\/li>\n<li>The stated aim is to deliver aid and facilitate a safe, voluntary evacuation.<\/li>\n<li>There is no information to suggest that Russia has agreed to a ceasefire.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What the Holy See has announced<\/h2>\n<p>The Holy See\u2019s Press Office stated that the Pontiff had expressed \u00abdeep concern\u00bb at the dire humanitarian <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/humanitarna-kryza-oleshky-yes-dopomoha\/\">the situation in Oleshky<\/a>. The statement also notes that <strong>Leo XIV<\/strong> reaffirmed the Holy See\u2019s commitment to promoting dialogue and peace.<\/p>\n<p>The Pope called for a ceasefire to allow food and medical aid to be delivered to the city\u2019s residents. He also spoke specifically about the possibility of a voluntary and safe evacuation of the civilian population.<\/p>\n<h2>No details were given regarding any agreements reached following the discussion<\/h2>\n<p>The statement issued by the Holy See contains no information to suggest that Russia has agreed to a ceasefire. Nor has there been any report of a humanitarian corridor being opened, the start of an evacuation or the delivery of aid following this conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Vatican News published a report on the telephone call on 16 October. The version of the statement available does not specify whether this was the first conversation between Leo XIV and Putin.<\/p>\n<h2>What is known about access to Oleshky<\/h2>\n<p>The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine had previously reported a significant deterioration in the security situation for civilians in Oleshky and Hola Prystan in 2025\u20132026. According to the mission, on 2 June, a convoy carrying food and humanitarian aid to Oleshky was blown up.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian authorities also reported previous attempts to deliver supplies to the city: on 27 September, the Kherson Regional Military Administration announced that around four tonnes of humanitarian aid had been delivered by heavy drones, and on 4 October, the Ministry of the Interior reported nearly 400 parcels as part of a second operation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Holy See, on 16 October, Leo XIV called on Putin to declare a ceasefire in Oleshky to allow for the provision of aid and the evacuation of civilians.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":33454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"\u0417\u0430 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u0421\u0432\u044f\u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e \u041f\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043b\u0443, 16 \u0436\u043e\u0432\u0442\u043d\u044f \u041b\u0435\u0432 XIV \u0437\u0430\u043a\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0430\u0432 \u041f\u0443\u0442\u0456\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043f\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0438 \u0432\u043e\u0433\u043e\u043d\u044c \u0432 \u041e\u043b\u0435\u0448\u043a\u0430\u0445 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0434\u043e\u043f\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0433\u0438 \u0442\u0430 \u0435\u0432\u0430\u043a\u0443\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0457 \u0446\u0438\u0432\u0456\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0445.","rank_math_title":"\u041b\u0435\u0432 XIV \u0437\u0430\u043a\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0430\u0432 \u041f\u0443\u0442\u0456\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043f\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0438 \u0432\u043e\u0433\u043e\u043d\u044c \u0432 \u041e\u043b\u0435\u0448\u043a\u0430\u0445","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u041b\u0435\u0432 XIV","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805619],"tags":[805624],"class_list":["post-33455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-805624"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33456,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33455\/revisions\/33456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}