Pope Asks Putin for a Cease-Fire for a Ukrainian City Under Siege NYT - Top Stories By: Elisabetta Povoledo and Siobhán O’Grady 16 October 2026 at 19:25 Recovering from lung cancer surgery, Pope Leo XIV spoke with Vladimir V. Putin to make a plea for Oleshky, where mines and drones have trapped some 2,000 people who are at risk of starvation. © Alessandra Tarantino/Associated PressPope Leo XIV entering a hospital in Rome before his surgery, on Tuesday.
What Life Is Like in Kyiv as Russia Tries to Make It Unlivable NYT - Top Stories By: Kim Barker · Maria Varenikova · Oleksandra Mykolyshyn and Jędrzej Nowicki 16 October 2026 at 11:45 A day in the Ukrainian capital, a new kind of battlefield far from the front, where daily life means assessing — and accepting — deadly risks. A destroyed garage on Oct. 7 after an attack on an industrial complex that killed two security guards in Kyiv.
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