The Vatican has come out to apologize to the Russian government for Pope Francis’ comment that their troops were the cruellest fighters in Ukraine.

The Vatican recently confirmed that it has said sorry for Pope Francis’ comments last month that referred to Russian soldiers from certain ethnic minority groups.

According to the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, Russia now considers the matter closed and hopes for a constructive dialogue between the nation and the Vatican.

Pope had said, “The cruelest are perhaps those who are of Russia but are not of the Russian tradition, such as the Chechens, the Buryats and so on.”

“I speak of a people who are martyred. If you have a martyred people, you have someone who martyrs them.”

WOW.