The pontiff also said he was ready to meet with Putin in Moscow. But he is not going to Kyiv yet.
Pope Francis spoke about a conversation with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in which he spoke about the Russians ’plans to end the war in Ukraine on May 9. The Pontifex said this in an interview with the Italian edition of Corriere della Sera, published on May 3.
“Orban, when I met him, told me that the Russians had a plan that everything would end on May 9. Hopefully this is … Because now it’s not just Donbass, it’s Crimea, it’s Odessa, it takes the Black Sea. from the port of Ukraine, that’s all. I’m pessimistic, but we have to do everything possible to stop the war, “the Pope said.
The Pope also said he was ready to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, but he still saw no point in going to Kyiv.
It will be recalled that since the start of the war in Ukraine, Pope Francis has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin three times to provide a humanitarian corridor for the evacuation of the civilian population from Mariupol.
Earlier, Pope Francis, during the All-Night Easter Vigil, gave words of consolation to the people of Ukraine, who were suffering because of the aggression in the Russian Federation and war, and ended his sermon on the Holy Mass with words in Ukrainian.
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Source: korrespondent
