From his hospital bed, Pope Leo calls Putin to plead for besieged Oleshky
Pope Leo XIV is still recovering in Rome’s Gemelli hospital, but that has not stopped him from picking up the phone to Moscow. On Friday the pontiff spoke with Vladimir…
Putin draws a red line: Russia’s border “security zone” in Ukraine is off the table
Vladimir Putin has spelt out for the first time how far Moscow wants to push into Ukrainian territory along the shared frontier, and he has made clear that this strip…