European leftist leader: It is time to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war. Austrian Walter Baer said, "I believe that helping the Ukrainian people now means making attempts to end the war" Earlier this month, the Pope urged Kiev to "raise the white flag and negotiate" more than two years after the war.
The Ukrainian government responded angrily to this call, although the Vatican made clear that the phrase "white flag" did not mean surrender, but rather a cessation of hostilities. This group includes European communist and socialist parties, including the German Die Linke.