Ilia Novikov, Author at Crux

Mark Razvozov, left, listens to his mother Yukiia Dvornychenko, during a press conference on the return of Ukrainian children and civilians taken by Russia during the three-and-a-half-year war, at the Embassy of Ukraine in Italy, in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

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Ukraine asks Vatican to formalize mediation role for return of citizens taken by Russia

by Nicole Winfield, Ilia Novikov and Associated Press November 20, 2025

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