According to an unverified statement by the President, the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic is said to be under full Russian control. This assertion has not been independently confirmed by neutral observers or opposing parties.
Putin speaks by phone with Pope Leo XIV — Kremlin
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This was their second conversation since Leo XIV assumed the papacy at the Vatican
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