President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, both in Rome for Pope Francis’s funeral, held a “productive” meeting early Saturday as the U.S. looks to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky were pictured in the grand surroundings of the Vatican complex this morning leaning towards one another during a "productive" face-to-face meeting

Volodymyr Zelensky has hailed his “symbolic meeting” with Donald Trump on the sidelines of Pope Francis’s funeral after the US President insisted both Ukraine and Russia were “very close” to reaching a peace deal.