Pope Francis called the tragedy in Bucha an atrocity and a massacre and declared that the world will not forget about the Ukrainian people.< /strong>
During the weekly audience, Pope Francis raised the Ukrainian flag, which was brought to him from Bucha, where the Russian invaders brutally massacred hundreds of civilians. The Pontiff called the tragedy in the suburbs of Kyiv atrocity and massacre, and Bucha — a martyr city, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to Focus. brought new atrocities, such as the massacre in Bucha. A cruelty that is becoming more and more horrifying, even against civilians, defenseless women and children. These are victims whose innocent blood cries out to heaven and begs: «Stop this war! Let the weapons fall silent! Stop sowing death and destruction. Yesterday, this flag was brought to me from Bucha. He comes from the war, from that martyr city, Bucha»,” said the pontiff.
After the Pope gave his speech, he handed out some chocolate Easter eggs to Ukrainian children fleeing the war. The pontiff added that the world will not forget about the Ukrainian people.
Recall that the Kremlin continues to deny the involvement of the Russian military in the massacres in Bucha. According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, photographs of Ukrainians who were brutally dealt with by the Russian invaders in the suburbs of Kyiv are «organized falsification».