Pope tells who benefits from war in Ukraine

Pope Francis has said that Ukraine has been drawn into a kind of game by countries that first provide weapons and then renege on their commitments. He said this while returning from a trip to Marseille, France, Reuters writes .

It seems to me that the interests in this war are not only related to the Ukrainian-Russian problem, but also to the sale of weapons, arms trade," he said.

He pointed out that "some countries are now moving backwards, they don't want to give Ukraine weapons."

A process is beginning in which the Ukrainian people will certainly be the martyr, and this is unpleasant," the pontiff said.

The Pontiff's words provoked mixed reactions. His representative Matteo Bruni tried to explain the statement of the head of the Vatican. At the same time, he said that the Pope did not take a position on whether countries should continue sending weapons to Ukraine or stop sending them.

It was a reflection on the consequences of the arms industry. The Pope said that those who trade in arms never pay for the consequences of their choices, but leave them to be paid by people, such as Ukrainians, who die a martyr's death," he said.

Earlier, the Pope, addressing the youth of the Russian Federation, said that those heirs of "the great Russia: the great Russia of saints, rulers, the great Russia of Peter the Great, Catherine II, that empire - great, educated, great culture and great humanity".