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During the audience, Pope Francis donated a bronze sculpture symbolizing peace, while Volodymyr Zelensky donated a painting depicting the war-torn town of Bucha.
During the audience, Pope Francis donated a bronze sculpture symbolizing peace, while Volodymyr Zelensky donated a painting depicting the war-torn town of Bucha.
This meeting follows Volodymyr Zelensky’s European tour aimed at promoting his “victory plan” to end the war.
While Germany plans to halve its military aid to Ukraine in 2025, the Ukrainian president is expected in Berlin on Friday to meet Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Before that, he met with British and French leaders, while ruling out the idea of ceasefire negotiations. In Rome, he spoke with Giorgia Meloni, who announced that Italy would host the next conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine in July 2025.