# Greek Catholic leader says pope's Oleshky truce calls were prophetic

- By: Andrés MP-T
- 2026-11-05T14:31:04.000Z

## Excerpt

On 5 November 2026 Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, told Vatican News that Leo XIV's calls for a truce in Oleshky were a prophetic gesture. He puts those evacuated 'the other day' at about 800 and describes a transfer through Belarus. The page has no official tally: the figures and the cause of the pause stay in his account.

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