Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sharply rejected an appeal by Pope Francis for peace negotiations with Russia. “The church should be among the people,” Zelensky said in his nightly video address on Sunday. “And not two and a half thousand kilometres away, somewhere, to mediate virtually between someone who wants to live and someone who wants to destroy you.” Zelensky said “when Russian evil started this war” on February 24, 2022, “all Ukrainians stood up to defend themselves. Christians, Muslims, Jews – everyone.” He thanked every Ukrainian cleric who is working with the defence for…