Are living updates: EU chief says no to ultimate Ukraine airspace

SIRET, Romania — Romania’s border police say greater than 227,000 Ukrainian voters have entered Romania in overall for the reason that disaster started and greater than 155,000 of them have already left the rustic.

Right through a talk over with on Saturday to Romania’s northern border at Siret, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis stated that “no Ukrainian will probably be denied access into Romania.”

He stated Romanian government consider that the placement “will proceed for a very long time, and the headaches will aggravate.” The president added: “We consider that this humanitarian disaster will unfold, that a large number of lend a hand will probably be wanted right here, but additionally in Ukraine.”

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis says he has dispatched two cardinals to Ukraine, a extremely peculiar transfer.

The pontiff stated Sunday that “the Holy See is prepared to do the whole lot to position itself in carrier for peace.” The papal almsgiver, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, has been dispatched with help, along side Cardinal Michael Czerny, who’s head of the papal administrative center that offers with migration, charity, justice and peace.

Francis didn’t say the place precisely the cardinals had long past, however stated they represented him and all Christian folks with the message that “conflict is insanity.’’