Milan, December 24 (LaPresse) – "We deeply appreciate Pope Leo XIV's continued attention to all diplomatic efforts aimed at ending Russia's war against Ukraine, and we share His Holiness's disappointment at Russia's refusal to accept the latest proposal for a Christmas ceasefire," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote in X. "Unfortunately, this is already the fourth wartime Christmas for the Ukrainian people during this full-scale war, the largest in Europe since World War II," he added.

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