Zelenskyy meets Pope Leo XIV in Rome amid US pressure over peace plan

Trump earlier connected Tuesday warned that Kyiv indispensable marque concessions, saying Ukraine is ‘losing’ the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met Pope Leo XIV successful Rome, arsenic Kyiv pushes guardant successful “diplomatic efforts with the United States to execute peace”.

The sojourn connected Tuesday came little than a time aft Zelenskyy reiterated that Ukraine would not cede territory to Russia. He aboriginal held talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, pursuing meetings successful London with the leaders of France, Germany and the United Kingdom.

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“Ukraine profoundly appreciates each the enactment of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV and the Holy See – the ongoing humanitarian assistance and the readiness to grow humanitarian missions,” Zelenskyy wrote connected X aft the assemblage astatine the Vatican.

He said helium thanked the pontiff “for his changeless prayers for Ukraine” and for calls “for a conscionable peace”, adding that helium briefed him connected mediation efforts “to instrumentality our children abducted by Russia”.

“I invited the Pope to sojourn Ukraine. This would beryllium a almighty awesome of enactment for our people,” helium said.

The gathering took spot astatine St Peter’s Basilica, the aforesaid mounting wherever Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump were pictured sitting face-to-face astatine the ceremonial of Pope Francis successful April, aft a play of nationalist disapproval betwixt the 2 leaders successful Washington.

Kyiv is seeking to enactment up planetary backing astatine a important moment, with attempts to broker a colony advancing and the war, soon entering its 4th year.

Ukraine has resisted unit from Washington to rapidly judge a ceasefire connection that officials successful Kyiv presumption arsenic favouring Moscow. Zelenskyy said a revised bid program present contained 20 points, though determination was inactive nary statement connected Russia’s request that Ukraine surrender occupied territory, which has go the large sticking constituent successful negotiations.

He said Ukraine would stock the updated proposals with the US this week, and remained successful changeless interaction with officials successful Washington.

But Trump earlier connected Tuesday warned that Kyiv indispensable marque concessions, saying Ukraine is “losing” the war.

“He is going to person to get connected the shot and commencement accepting things,” the US president told Politico. Speaking separately to German tabloid Bild, Trump added, “He needs to get his enactment unneurotic and commencement accepting things.”