Pope Francis says Ukraine war was 'perhaps somehow provoked'

Pontiff condemns 'cruelty' of Russian troops while warning against perception of conflict as good v evil Russia-Ukraine war: all the latest developments At a glance: what we know on day 111 of the invasion Pope Francis has said Moscow's invasion of Ukraine was "perhaps somehow provoked" as he recalled a conversation in the run-up to the war in which he was warned Nato was "barking at the gates of Russia". In an interview with the Jesuit magazine La Civilt Cattolica, conducted last month and publ...