Zelensky prays with Duda in a Catholic church of Lutsk
Zelensky and Duda arrived in Lutsk. Photo: strana.online
On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Volyn massacre, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and President of Poland Andrzej Duda prayed at the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Lutsk, Volyn region.
This is reported by the suspilnenews telegram channel.
The visit of the heads of the two countries was not announced in advance; the head of the OCU, Epifaniy Dumenko, and the head of the UGCC, Sviatoslav Shevchuk, also attended the service.
As the UOJ reported earlier, Zelensky prayed at an ecumenical prayer service in Lviv.
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