KYIV, March 10 — Ukraine today slammed Pope Francis’s call to negotiate with Russia two years into its invasion, vowing "never” to surrender after the pontiff said Kyiv should "have the courage to raise the white flag”.

"Our flag is a yellow and blue one. This is the flag by which we live, die, and prevail. We shall never raise any other flags,” Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on social media. — AFP