Speaking during a visit to Malta, the pontiff criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin and his attempt to seize territory from Ukraine.
“Once again, some potentate, sadly caught up in anachronistic claims of nationalist interests, is provoking and fomenting conflicts, whereas ordinary people sense the need to build a future that, will either be shared, or not be at all,” the pope said,People from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions leave a train to be taken to temporary residences in Nizhny Novgorod region of Ukraine.that a trip to Kyiv is “on the table,” but provided no further details.
Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said seven new evacuation corridors were opened on Saturday, including one that would allow the battered residents of Mariupol to escape to the town of Zaporizhzhya, and others for nearby towns, along with towns in the eastern separatist regions Russia claims.
Ukraine and Russia have announced multiple agreements for civilian evacuations and humanitarian aid shipments over the past several weeks, but the convoys of both have been stymied. The buses meant for evacuations have frequently been turned away from military checkpoints, while food, water and medical supplies have reportedly been confiscated by troops.
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