Ukraine is being "martyred" says Pope Francis as he condemned "savageness, monstrosities and torture" of Russia's war on Ukraine.
After giving a general audience in St Peter's Square he told how his charity boss who is providing aid aid to the invaded country had to run for his life and seek shelter after heavy Russian gunfire.
Cardinal Konrad Krajewski had to escape bullets while on a humanitarian mission to Ukraine where he also provided pastoral care.
