Pope Leo XIV may have offered to host Russia-Ukraine peace talks at the Vatican, but neither the pope nor senior Vatican officials have spoken publicly about the possibility, leaving prospects for such talks uncertain.

The Vatican is not a good fit for Russia as a place for negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv. It is a Catholic platform, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reports. The Vatican is not a good fit for Russia as a place for negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated that Moscow will not participate in negotiations with Ukraine at the Vatican. Source: Lavrov in a comment at the conference Historical South Russian Lands.