He spoke about the declaration of the Vatican Pope Francis on the war, which outraged left-liberals as well as Ukrainians.

The Vatican press service explained the pope's statement regarding the Ukrainian-Russian war, as Pope Francis used the term "white flag" in an interview about the war in Ukraine, the Unian .

László Bartus, the far-left author of , "the pope sided with the Russians on the dark side, sided with the murderers against the oppressed."

Vatican News reported that in the interview, Lorenzo Buccella asked the Pope what he thought about the fact that some people in Ukraine are demanding the white flag, while others say it would legitimize the stronger side.

To this, Pope Francis gave the answer that

"the stronger one is the one who thinks about the people, who has the courage to stand up for the white flag, to negotiate".

In essence, the Holy Father repeated what he has said several times during his public statements in the past two years, namely the importance of dialogue and the issue of the difficulties of the civilian population.

At another point in the interview, speaking about another conflict situation, but referring to all war situations, the Pope clearly stated: negotiations never mean surrender

Vatican News published .

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