The Vatican has apologised to Russia after the Pope said that two ethnic groups fighting in Vladimir Putin ’s army were “the most cruel” involved in the Ukraine war.
Russia's Foreign Ministry said the Vatican has said sorry for a statement by Pope Francis made in a recent interview in which he singled out two Russian ethnic minorities - the Chechens and the Buryats - as being "the most cruel" participants in the war in Ukraine.
At a briefing, Zakharova quoted from what she said was a message from the Vatican that "apologizes to the Russian side" for the Pope's comments.
