Among the many captivating visuals at the Vatican funeral of Pope Frances, was the one-on-one meeting of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump sitting knee-to-knee in an ornate marble floor side chamber of St.

The United States has been pushing Ukraine to accept a peace plan that seems in part a gift to Moscow. But the short meeting of the leaders, and subsequent comments, appeared to be a change in tone.

Donald Trump met Volodymyr Zelensky at Pope Francis’s funeral and later questioned Vladimir Putin’s commitment to ending the Ukraine warTrump suggested Moscow’s latest strikes on Kyiv indicated Russia may not be serious about peace,