would remain a solid ally, and provide kyiv with all the assistance it needed. prime minister meloni also stressed that the conflict would only end when russia stopped its aggression, and withdrew from all ukrainian territory, adding that any other outcome would jeopardise peace in all of europe. president zelensky then had a private audience with pope francis it s the first meeting between the two men since russia invaded ukraine. president zelensky says he thanked the pope for focusing on tragedy of millions of ukrainians . let s cross to the newsroom now and talk to our europe regional editor paul moss. we are all expecting some sort of intervention. how likely is that? i think we have an idea now because the vatican has issued a statement. an intervention, i wouldn t call it anything so strong. pope francis has talked a lot in the past about the suffering of the ukrainian people. he has also condemned certain specific war crimes committed in ukraine. however, critics sug
intervention. how likely is that? i think we have an idea now because the vatican has issued a statement. an intervention, i wouldn t call it anything so strong. pope francis has talked a lot in the past about the suffering of the ukrainian people. he has also condemned certain specific war crimes committed in ukraine. however, critics suggest that the pope has not been strong enoughin that the pope has not been strong enough in making very clear that russia is in the wrong and ukraine has been invaded. they seem to come down on one side or the other. the pope has never criticised vladimir putin and once described him as a cultured fellow. when he was asked to visit ukraine, he made it clear he would visit ukraine if he could visit russia as well. some people suggest that some sort of novel equivalent. when zelensky went to visit him today, one presumes he went to hope for the pope to go more clearly on his side. i think that he