In Vatican, Zelenskyy meets with Trump, advocating Ukraine in its war with Russia
President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met briefly at the Vatican in April 2025 before Pope Francis's funeral, their first face-to-face meeting since their heated exchange in the Oval Office in February. Afterward, Trump questioned Russian President Vladimir Putin's intentions, saying he might not want to stop the war.
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