{
  "id": 15014004,
  "title": "Pope Leo XIV speaks with Putin about Oleshky, calls for truce to evacuate civilians",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/pope-leo-xiv-speaks-with-putin-about-oleshky-calls-for-truce-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T17:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ukrinform - Politics",
    "slug": "ukrinform-politics",
    "url": "https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/4175261-pope-leo-xiv-speaks-with-putin-about-oleshky-calls-for-truce-to-evacuate-civilians.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pope Leo XIV, who is currently hospitalized, spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin and called for a truce to allow food and medicine to be delivered to the temporarily occupied city of Oleshky in the Kherson region.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Interfax-Ukraine",
        "title": "Pope calls for ceasefire during phone call with Putin to help people in Oleshky",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/pope-calls-for-ceasefire-during-phone-call-with-putin-to-help-people",
        "published": "2026-10-16T17:18:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Post",
        "title": "Pope Leo XIV Speaks to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Urges Ceasefire in Occupied Oleshky",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/pope-leo-xiv-speaks-to-russian-president-vladimir-putin-urges",
        "published": "2026-10-16T17:42:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
        "title": "Pope Leo XIV urges Putin to agree to a ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky, Ukraine, to allow humanitarian aid deliveries and civilian evacuations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/pope-leo-xiv-urges-putin-to-agree-to-a-ceasefire-in-russian-occupied",
        "published": "2026-10-16T17:52:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
        "title": "Belgium triples planned F-16 deliveries to Ukraine, pledges 10 jets by year-end",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/belgium-triples-planned-f-16-deliveries-to-ukraine-pledges-10-jets-by",
        "published": "2026-10-16T18:18:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}