Pope Francis, who previously announced his visit to Hungary, said he was ready to come to Ukraine, but on the condition that he also visits Moscow. It is reported by La Nacion.

“I will either go to both places or neither,” said Pope Francis.

The pontiff also called Vladimir Putin a "

“He visited me here three times as head of state, and you can talk to him at the highest level.. It's cultural. One day we were talking about literature. A man who not only speaks Russian, he speaks excellent German, he speaks English,” he added..

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Earlier it was reported that Pope Francis wanted to go to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the beginning of the full-scale war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, but Lavrov refused him.