The meeting between the two leaders at Pope Francis’s funeral was symbolic in part because of the Pope’s advocacy for a just end to the war in Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump threatened to impose sanctions on Russia after his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday. There is no reason for Russian President Vladimir Putin "to be shooting missiles into civilian areas,

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met at the Vatican Saturday before attending the funeral of Pope Francis, according to the White House.

The White House says it will release more details of the meeting, which it described as "a very productive discussion."

President Donald Trump met privately with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine on Saturday in Vatican City, the White House said, the first time the two leaders have met since their televised argument in late February in the Oval Office exacerbated the deep breach between the two countries.