The publication NV.ua writes about this.
As RIA Novosti reports, Zelensky thanked the Ukrainian chaplains for supporting the military “with prayer, conversation, and deed.”
“That’s what church is—with people.
And not two and a half thousand kilometers away - somewhere there to engage in virtual mediation,” Zelensky noted.
Earlier, the pontiff said that the losing side in the conflict in Ukraine should have the courage to raise the white flag and negotiate.
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said that the pontiff's words about a white flag for Ukraine implied a transition to negotiations, and not the capitulation of Kyiv.