Whereas battling its larger neighbour, Ukraine has vowed not to surrender its territory.
Kyiv:
Ukraine on Sunday slammed Pope Francis’s name to barter with Russia two years into its invasion, vowing “by no means” to give up after the pontiff stated Kyiv ought to “have the braveness to lift the white flag”.
The Catholic chief had fuelled anger in Kyiv after saying in an interview printed Saturday that Ukraine ought to negotiate with Russia, which has seized massive swathes of its territory in the course of the conflict.
“Our flag is a yellow and blue one. That is the flag by which we reside, die, and prevail. We will by no means elevate some other flags,” Ukraine’s Overseas Minister Dmytro Kuleba stated on social media.
Whereas battling its larger neighbour, Ukraine has vowed not to surrender its territory.
The Pope fuelled anger by saying: “Whenever you see that you’re defeated, that issues will not be figuring out, to have the braveness to barter.”
Kuleba known as on the aged pontiff to face “on the facet of fine” and never put the opposing sides “on the identical footing and name it ‘negotiations’.”
He additionally appeared to reference a number of the Catholic church collaborating with Nazi forces throughout World Conflict II:
“On the similar time, in terms of the white flag, we all know this Vatican technique from the primary half of the twentieth century,” Kuleba stated.
“I urge to keep away from repeating the errors of the previous and to help Ukraine and its folks of their simply wrestle for his or her lives.”
He additionally thanked Pope Francis for his “fixed prayers for peace” and stated Kyiv hoped the cleric would go to Ukraine.
“We proceed to hope that after two years of devastating conflict within the coronary heart of Europe, the Pontiff will discover a chance to pay an Apostolic go to to Ukraine to help over 1,000,000 Ukrainian Catholics, over 5 million Greek-Catholics and all Ukrainians,” Kuleba stated.
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