Kyiv slams Pope's 'white flag' call

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 12, 2024 12:19 am

KYIV: Ukraine on Sunday angrily rejected Pope Francis' call to negotiate with Russia two years into its invasion, vowing 'never' to surrender after the pontiff said Kyiv should 'have the courage to raise the white flag.'

The row over his comments came as officials in Ukraine said Russian shelling in the east had killed three people on Sunday. A strike on a residential building in the eastern town of Myrnograd wounded a dozen more people, said Kyiv.

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