# US. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, who was in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis yesterday, met one-on-one in the Vatican to try to revive faltering efforts to end Russia’s war with Ukraine. Zelensky said the meeting could prove historic if it delivers the kind of peace he is hoping for, and a White House spokesman called it “very productive”. The two leaders leaned in close to each other with no aides around. This was their first meeting since the disastrous encounter in the Oval Office.
Trump, Zelensky meet one-on-one in Vatican basilica to seek Ukraine peace