UKRAINE PERSPECTIVE

Vance tells the Vatican to 'stick to morality' — the Kyiv Post knows what that means when you're talking about war.

The Kyiv Post runs two articles in quick succession that, read together, show the escalation in real time. First, Vance on Fox News: 'In some cases, it would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality... and let the President of the United States stick to dictating American public policy.' Then Trump himself: 'There's nothing to apologize for. He's wrong.' And finally Leo: 'I have no fear of the Trump administration.'

The Kyiv Post notes that Trump claimed Leo 'owed his papacy' to Washington and that the Church chose him because he was American and it was 'the best way to deal with Trump.' He also praised the Pope's brother Louis, saying he liked him 'much better' because he was 'all MAGA.' The paper reports Leo's response aboard his plane to Africa: 'We are not politicians, we don't deal with foreign policy with the same perspective as he might understand it.'

For the Kyiv Post, this feud isn't an American curiosity — it's a signal that no moral authority is safe from Trump's attacks. If the Pope isn't spared, nobody is. And for a country at war that depends on international moral sympathy, that's a worrying sign.