Russian Ambassador: The Pope is ready to be a mediator on Ukraine, but the West is preventing. Ivan Soltanovsky: The real obstacle is the denial of the need for negotiations both on the part of the Ukrainian authorities and the collective West.
Earlier, it was reported that Russia was ready to receive the Pope's envoy to Ukraine. The Russian ambassador also said that Russia welcomes the Vatican’s ideas for peace in Ukraine. He was speaking to TASS in an interview with the Russian ambassador to the Vatican.