Referring to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Trump said the discussion will focus on "stopping the bloodbath."

In their first public meeting since their historic Oval Office blow-up, Vice President JD Vance shook hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. They then had a “good meeting” at the US ambassador to Italy’s home.

Pope Leo XIV has called for unity at his inaugural Mass at the Vatican attended by thousands of faithful and world leaders including Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky. During the address on Sunday, he criticised economic systems which he said exploited "Earth's resources" and and marginalised the poor.

Ukraine’s president was among the dignitaries and world leaders in St. Peter’s Square after the pope proposed the Vatican as a venue for peace talks.

President Donald Trump, in an interview with "Special Report" anchor Bret Baier talked about dealing with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following his foreign policy trip to the Middle East.

Neither Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky or Russian President Vladimir Putin are attending peace talks in Istanbul after days of confusion. In a meeting in Albania, Zelensky said Putin was “afraid” to come to Turkey for talks and that Russian delegation in Istanbul is of a “very low level.

Ukraine was hit with one of the largest known drone attacks from Russia, including over 273 that pummeled the central Kyiv region as well as the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions,

The meeting, which also included Secretary of State Marco Rubio, was the first encounter between Vance and Zelensky since a heated Oval Office session in February.