The Vatican again resorted to a dubious method of reconciliation between Ukrainians and Russians, involving teenagers from both countries in the procession of the Cross, which took place on the evening of April 7. In addition, the first is a refugee from Mariupol, and the second has a father, brother and grandfather who died in Ukraine, the Russian military. This was reported by the Ambassador of Ukraine to the Vatican Andriy Yurash and Vatican News..

“From media reports, it became known that during the 10th station, children (boys) from Ukraine and Russia will symbolize the tragedy of the war. a Russian guy, in particular, will talk about his murdered brother, dad and grandfather, who went missing in the war. But he will forget to remember that his relatives came to Ukraine to kill not only the father of the Ukrainian boy, but the whole family... and not vice versa! ”, Andrey Yurash wrote on Facebook.

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A boy from Ukraine is a refugee who, together with his family, had to flee at night from Mariupol surrounded by Russian troops and move to Italy. His father remained in Ukraine due to martial law.

" I felt skinned from everything: completely naked. I did not know the language and did not have a single friend, ”Vatican News quoted him as saying..

A boy from Russia said that he feels guilty, but does not understand why, and does not feel “happiness and dreams for the future”. He said that his 18-year-old brother had left somewhere, and then the news of his death came..

“Everyone told us that we should be proud, but at home there was only great sadness and suffering,” he said.. - A similar thing happened to my father and grandfather, who left, and we have not a single piece of news about them.. One of my school friends, with great fear, said in my ear that there was a war going on.. Returning home, I wrote a prayer: "

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Recall that last year a Ukrainian and a Russian woman carried the cross at the procession in the Vatican.. Thus, they decided to symbolically “reconcile” Ukrainians and Russians. Then this outraged the Ukrainians and the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry tried to prevent this by writing an appeal to the Papal Throne.