
In this handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on April 26, 2025, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (right) meets with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of Pope Francis’s funeral at St. Peter’s Basilica at The Vatican. —AFP
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Rome: Donald Trump and Woldmeer Zelaninski briefly met with St. Peters Basilica before the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday following the noise house clash, and the US president later suspected whether Russian leader Vladimir Putin Putin wanted a peace deal.
Zillski said he discussed a possible unconditional ceasefire with Russia and was “hoping for the consequences” with the “extreme symbolic meeting” which has the ability to become historic. After leaving Rome, Trump indicated a new approach to the Russian president.
In a post on his social platform, Trump said, “In the past few days of Putin, there was no reason for shooting missiles in Putin’s urban areas, cities and towns.”
“It is forced me to think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he is just tapping from me, and dealing with ‘banking’ or ‘secondary restrictions’, differently? Many people are dying !!!”
The war shadow at the funeral of Francis. As it happened, Russia claimed that its forces had “completely liberated” the region.
However, Ukraine insisted that its army is still fighting in the Russian territory, which is expected to be used as a bargain in any future peace talks.
According to photos released by the Ukrainian presidency, Trump and Zilinski were leaning forward in a deep debate in a corner of Baselika, leaning forward in a deep conversation in front of the deceased before the start of the funeral.
Zelinski wrote on X, “We have a lot of debate on one. In hopes of the consequences of what we have covered.
A Zelinski assistant called the meeting “constructive” and the White House called it a “very fruitful debate”.
The US President’s funeral mass immediately. Later he flew from Rome and no further talks were discussed.
But the two leaders also briefly clashed with British Prime Minister Kerry Starr and Emmanuel Macron within Baselica.
Macron’s office described the exchange as “positive” and later met Zilnski with each other.
The UK said that Starrr and Zillsky agreed to “discuss the positive progress made in recent days” and “continue to work intensely with international partners to advance the next stages of planning.”
In St. Peter Square, Trump rubs his shoulders with dozens of world leaders, many people want to raise their prices.
But it was a meeting with Zilnsky, which created the most interest when US leaders emphasize the peace deal.
The two sides had the possibility of a meeting with Trump before the funeral that it was “possible” only.
On February 28, Trump and Vice President JD Venus had been too tension in the Oval Office after Zilnski was arrested by Zilnski, and demanded that billions of US military assistance from Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
Trump has recently blamed Zilnski for the war and the ongoing bloodshed, calling on Putin to stop Russia’s attacks. Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022, causing a conflict that killed tens of thousands of people.
Trump has forced Zilnski to accept privileges such as recognizing that Crimea, which was occupied by Moscow in 2014, will remain in Russian under any agreement to stop the conflict.
After arriving in Rome, Trump said the talks had made progress and proceeded to meet Russian and Ukrainian leaders.
He posted on the social platform of his truth, “They are very close to a contract, and now the two sides should get at a very high level to ‘remove it’.”
According to a Kremlin assistant, he said, “Most important points are agreed.” The Kremlin added on Saturday that he told Vaticov that Russia was ready to start a conversation with Ukraine with “no prior conditions”.