Pope not asking Ukraine to surrender - Vatican press office - Vatican. Pope Francis is not asking Ukrainians to surrender in an interview to a Swiss TV station that is to be broadcast later this month but a portion of which was released on Saturday.
Pope calls for a ceasefire and the courage of negotiation, the director of the Vatican pressOffice MatteoBruni he said. "Elsewhere in the interview, speaking of another situation of conflict, but referring to every situation of war, the Pope clearly stated: 'Negotiations are never a surrender'," he added.