Pope Leo speaks with Putin from hospital, just days after lung cancer surgery
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Pope Leo spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin from hospital on Friday, just days after his lung cancer surgery, and expressed his concern about the "grave humanitarian situation" in a Russian-occupied Ukrainian city.
During the call, the Vatican said Leo expressed "deep concern" about the conditions in Oleshky, a Russian-occupied Ukrainian city in the Kherson region where Ukrainian authorities say around 2,000 civilians remain and supply routes for food and medicine are blocked.
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