Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has spoken to Pope Francis for the second time since Russia's full-scale invasion, who is likely to visit Kyiv in September..

During the conversation, President Zelensky told the Pope about Russia's crimes in Ukraine and thanked him for his prayers for Ukrainians. Zelensky announced this on Twitter on Friday, August 12.

" Informed about the aggression that the Russian Federation is committing against Ukraine, about the terrible crimes of Russia. We are grateful to the pontiff for prayers for Ukraine. Our people need the support of world spiritual leaders who must convey to the world the truth about the horrors that the aggressor is doing in Ukraine,"

Provіv rozmovu z @Pontifex_it. Having informed about aggression, how the Russian Federation is acting against? , about the terrible mischief of Russia. My vdyachni pontiff for prayers for?

Our people will require the support of spiritual leaders of the world, so that they can convey to the world the truth about zhahittya, like an aggressor in?

— Volodymyr Zelensky (@ZelenskyyUa) August 12, 2022.

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Recall that President Zelensky had an audience with the Pope in early February 2020. After the visit, Pope Francis called Zelensky "

In March 2022, Zelensky told the pontiff about the difficult humanitarian situation in Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression and invited him to Ukraine.