President of Ukraine and Ecumenical Patriarch discuss Russian strikes on the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra

Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo: president.gov.ua

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a phone conversation with Bartholomew I while at Chișinău Airport on his way to the G7 Summit, UATV English reports.

The President thanked His All-Holiness for his support and for his clear moral position that Russian drone strikes on the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra—a holy site not only for Ukraine but for Orthodoxy as a whole—constitute barbarism for which there can be no justification.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Patriarch Bartholomew also discussed possible formats for future in-person meetings.

The President invited His All-Holiness to visit Ukraine and thanked him for his prayers for the country and its people.

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