Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine, considered it appropriate to mediate with Pope Francis on humanitarian issues. He said this in an interview with the newspaper Corriere della Sera.
Answering a question about whether Kiev was aware of the Vatican’s previously announced “peace mission”, Podolyak expressed the view that there was no doubt about the appropriateness of the Pope’s mediation on humanitarian issues, including support for the prisoner swap process.
The adviser to the head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine noted that further agreements with Italian colleagues on the supply of weapons, assistance in solving humanitarian problems and the protection of Ukraine in foreign markets are important for Kiev.
In the Corriere della Sera news, it is also stated that Italy is training the Ukrainian army to use the SAMP-T anti-aircraft missile system, which is likely to be sent to Ukraine in the summer.
Former President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky should meet With Pope Francis at the Vatican on May 13.
Prior to that, Pope Francis was the President of Ukraine. should sit to the negotiating table
In March, the Pope expressed readiness Come to Kiev in person, provided you also visit Moscow, to contribute to the cessation of the armed conflict in Ukraine.