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ukrainian President Vladimir Zalinski
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has sought the help of Pope Leo I 14th
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to prevail on President Vladimir Putin
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of Russia to release Ukrainian children
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and women held in Russia saying the
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government of Russia held the children
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and women against their will while he
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thanked the Pontifffects for his
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continued prayers and compassion for the
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people of Ukraine president Vladimir
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Zalinski made the request on Saturday
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when he commented on Pope Leo I 14th
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tweet on exocial media in which the Pope
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had expressed sadness and sympathy for
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the people killed in Ukraine pope Leo I
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14th in the exocial media tweet had said
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I express my closeness to martyed
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Ukraine to the children the young people
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the elderly and especially to families
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who mourn their loved ones i share your
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sorrow for the prisoners and victims of
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this senseless war president Zalinski
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through his verified exocial media
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handle responded to the post and said
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"Thank you your holiness of Pontifffects
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for your continued prayers and
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compassion for Ukraine and our people
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together we must stop this want and
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Russian aggression and protect innocent
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lives a just peace is needed and we
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would also deeply appreciate your kind
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help in bringing back all our people
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adults and children held in Russian
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captivity against their will meanwhile
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President Zalinski also on Saturday in a
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statement to mark the 2025
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constitutional day of Ukraine wrote and
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stated that today we are marking
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Constitution Day of Ukraine the
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constitution of our state our nation the
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first word of its first article is
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Ukraine and this reflects our ultimate
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goal our mission Ukraine is and will be
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on earth ukrainians are and will be on
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earth this is both our goal and our
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shared duty it is the mission of
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everyone for whom Ukraine truly comes
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first of those who cannot imagine their
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lives without Ukraine and without whom
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Ukraine can no longer be imagined we are
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a state of millions but for us millions
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have never been and will never be just a
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mass of people this is a nation made up
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of citizens who have the strength to
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stand up for what they believe in and
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what they strive for and that is
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precisely why Ukraine stands ukraine is
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millions of names we are proud of
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ukraine is the choice our people make
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every day it is millions of actions and
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feats that together are Ukraine the
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social contract between all of us is
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this ukraine comes first ukrainians our
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independence our rights our dreams the
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dreams of our entire people come first
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and when we say this these words carry
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power because these are not words about
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something abstract but about real people
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real deeds and a real path that has been
