Ukraine wants Pope to help get children back from Russia

Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, left, meets Pope Francis at The Vatican (Vatican Media/AP)

Ukraine’s prime minister said he has asked Pope Francis during a private Vatican audience to help facilitate the return of Ukrainian children forcibly taken to Russia.

Denys Shmyhal, briefing reporters on his half-hour audience with the pontiff, said he has also invited Francis to visit Ukraine.