Pope Francis expressed condolences to the family and friends of Russian journalist Daria Dugina, deceased 20 August as a result of a car explosion on Mozhayskoye Highway in Moscow. Commenting on the news about the murder of the daughter of a famous Russian public figure, philosopher Alexander Dugin, The pontiff called Daria one of the innocent victims, dead due to the war.
Thinking about the poor girl, whose car was blown up by a bomb, laid near Moscow - quotes the words of the pontiff, spoken during the traditional general audience, Reuters agency.
In the same speech, the head of the Roman Catholic Church urged "to pray to the Lord for peace for the beloved Ukrainian people, who endures the horror of war for six months". Pope Francis stated, that prays for the dead, wounded, refugees, as well as Russian and Ukrainian children, orphans due to hostilities in Ukraine.
The innocent pay for the war. And they, who earn on the war and the arms trade, criminals - says the pontiff.
A day after the death of Daria Dugina, the FSB of Russia announced, that the Ukrainian special services were involved in the organization of the terrorist attack on the Mozhaisk highway. investigators believe, that the direct organizer of the murder of a Russian journalist was a citizen of Ukraine Natalia Vovk, who immediately after the terrorist attack fled to the territory of Estonia. The RF IC reported, that Vovk will be put on the wanted list, and the investigation continues, as it is not excluded, that she had accomplices.
Immediately after the appearance of the message of the Russian special services about the involvement of the SBU in the murder of Dugina, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said, that "it's definitely not our responsibility". The Ukrainian president also denies, that Vovk is a citizen of the country. While the relatives of the Ukrainian woman suspected of murder told reporters, that she previously lived in Mariupol and served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine for some time before the start of the special operation.
In its turn, The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, on the air of the Sputnik radio station, called the words of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky about the non-involvement of Kyiv in the murder of Daria Dugina a lie. Zakharova called Zelensky's words "another link in the chain of lies", emphasizing, that after the murder of a journalist on the website "Peacemaker", supervised by the Kyiv regime, opposite the photo of Daria appeared the cynical inscription "liquidated". Author:Alexander Grigoriev Photos used:Vatican website
