Ukraine seeks Pope's assistance in repatriating abducted children.

Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal discussed Kyiv's formula for peace with Pope Francis and said the call between the leaders of China and Ukraine was productive. Meanwhile, a defector of Russia's private Wagner mercenary group was sentenced to 14 days in jail in Norway for disorderly conduct and carrying an air gun in public. Polish prosecutors and security services are investigating the remains of an aerial military object found in the woods in the center of the country. Moscow rejected a US consular visit to US journalist Evan Gershkovich, who is currently jailed in Russia. Germany's Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir demanded that Russia "must live up to the commitment" it made to allow grain to leave Ukrainian ports. One person was killed while 23 people were wounded in a Russian missile strike on an apartment block in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv.