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Pope Francis called on Ukraine and Russia for an Easter truce in hostilities. He also called on Kyiv and Moscow to reach peace in the negotiations, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to RBC-Ukraine.
«Put down your arms! Let the Easter truce begin. But not in order to rearm and resume hostilities, but in order to achieve peace through real negotiations»,— the pontiff said at the end of the Palm Sunday service to tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican.
The war in Ukraine has been going on for 46 days.