President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have held a brief meeting at the Vatican to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war.

As Trump departed the Pope's funeral, the US president, on social media, expressed new scepticism that a peace deal can be reached soon, saying, “There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas,

President Trump and Ukraine's President Zelenskyy met privately ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis​, the White House said.