By America-Today  Apri 27，2025

VATICAN CITY, April 26  - U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy, 

in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis, met one-on-one in a marble-lined Vatican basilica on

Saturday to try to revive faltering efforts to end Russia's war with Ukraine.

Zelenskiy said the meeting could prove historic if it delivers the kind of peace he is hoping for, and a White

House spokesperson called it "very productive."

The two leaders, leaning in close to each other with no aides around them while seated in St. Peter's

Basilica, 

spoke for about 15 minutes, according to Zelenskiy's office, and images of the meeting released by

Kyiv and Washington.