Zelenskyy meets with Rubio, Vance in Rome

Vice president JD Vance and Foreign Minister Marco Rubio met with Ukrainian President Flodrerere Zelinsky in Rome on Sunday for the ongoing peace talks with the continuation of the war between Russia and Ukraine.

“During our talks, we discussed the negotiations in Istanbul to where the Russians sent a low -level delegation of decision makers. It has emphasized that Ukraine is ready to engage in realistic diplomacy and greater the importance of the meeting.

“We have also touched on the need for sanctions against Russia, bilateral trade, defense cooperation, the battlefield and the exchange of arriving prisoners. Pressure against Russia is needed in order to eager to stop the war. Of course we talked about our common steps to achieve a just and lasting peace.”

Zelenskyy speaks with Trump, the allies after peace talks in Russia, no ceasefire

World leaders in Rome met this week with the Pope Liu fourteenth bloc in the Vatican on Sunday, when Vans led the United States delegation. Zelenskyy attended the Mass.

This meeting comes after Russian and Ukrainian officials held the first direct peace talks in the years last week in Istanbul. However, the two sides failed to reach a ceasefire agreement for a war that broke out since February 2022.

Hours after the meeting, Russian drone strike hit a passenger bus in Northeast Ukraine on saturday.

Trump says Putin is “tired” from the war of Russia, Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine agreed to exchange a large prisoner during the meeting last week, although they did not reach the ceasefire.

president Donald Trump On Friday, he said, during his four -day tour in the Middle East, that he wanted to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the war “as soon as we can prepare it.”

Ukraine President Volodimir Zelinski (C) received US Vice President JD Vance (R) and Seond Lady Usha Vance before the Holy Liturgy of POPECATE OF POPE Leo XIV, at SD Peter’s in the Vatican on May 18, 2025.

Trump added in a social post on Saturday that he will speak to Putin on Monday, which will be followed by another invitation to Zelenskyy leaders and NATO leaders with the United States continued to work to mediate a peace agreement between the two countries while withdrawing negotiations.

Trump, after overcoming Russia-Ukraine’s peace talks, wants to meet Putin as soon as we can prepare him.

“I will talk, on the phone, to President Vladimir Putin from Russia on Monday, at 10:00 am, will be the topics of the invitation, as I stopped the” bloodbath “, which is killed, on average, more than 5,000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers per week,” Trump published on the social truth.

Rome, Italy – May 18: From the left, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Vice President, c. US Vice President JD Vance in Rome to attend the opening bloc of Pope Liu XIV in the Vatican. (Photo by Jacqueline Martin – Swimming pool/Getty photos) (Getty Images)

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“We hope it will be a fruitful day, and the ceasefire will take place, and this war is very violent, a war that should never have occurred, it would end,” Trump said. “God bless us all !!!”

Landon Mion from Fox News Digital contributed to this report.