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Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday renewed his call for a worldwide truce on Christmas Day, expressing sadness that Russia had apparently rejected the appeal as fighting in Ukraine raged, civilians were killed in Russian air strikes, and diplomatic efforts involving the United States and Europe showed little sign of a breakthrough.

‍Russia ​launched ⁠more than 600 drones and dozens of ​missiles ‍to ​strike Ukraine’s energy sector in ​overnight attacks on Tuesday. “It’s mainly the Western part of Ukraine which has been targeted [including] the regions of Rivne, Ivano-Frankivsk, as well as the central region of Cherkasy,” said FRANCE 24’s correspondent in Ukraine Emmanuelle Chaze.