Zelensky met the American vice-president, JD Vance, in Rome-Liberation
The exchange was obviously less brutal than that In the oval office of the White House at the end of February. US vice-president JD Vance had an interview with Rome on Sunday with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, during which they mentioned, according to Kyiv, The call scheduled for Monday Between American presidents Donald Trump and Russian Vladimir Putin.
The meeting between the two men, who had already exchanged a handful of hands on Sunday morning Place Saint-Pierre during the inaugural mass of Léon XIV, lasted « About half an hour »said a senior Ukrainian official in kyiv to AFP, qualifying the exchange of « normal ». According to the same source, they mentioned « The situation on the front, preparations for Monday’s conversation (between Trump and Putin), the possibility of sanctions against Russia in the absence of results, a cease-fire. »
Donald Trump said on Saturday that he would speak on phone on Monday to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss war, before speaking to Volodymyr Zelensky and several NATO member states. Objective of the call between Trump and Putin: « End the » blood bath « » « said the American president on his social social platform. In his message, he had said that it will be « A productive day »,, « That a cease-fire will take place » And « May this very violent war – a war that should never have occurred – ends. »
Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff estimated on ABC on Sunday that he expected a conversation « Fruitful » Between the two leaders. « The president is determined to obtain results » On Ukraine, he added, before warning: « If he does not succeed, then no one can ».
Sunday’s discussion between Vance and Zelensky took place at the residence of the American ambassador to Italy, where the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined them, also present in Rome for the start of the Pontificate of the first American pope, Léon XIV. « The pressure on Russia must continue until it is ready to end the war »insisted Volodymyr Zelensky on social networks, evoking his « Good » Meeting with JD Vance and Marco Rubio.
The Ukrainian President had been previously received in a private hearing for the first time by Léon XIV, who, Place Saint-Pierre, spoke of Ukraine « Martyred » awaiting « Negotiations for just and lasting peace ». Russia launched overnight from Saturday to Sunday A record drone attack Aiming from many regions of Ukraine, including that of the capital, kyiv, two days after first peace talks since 2022, organized in Istanbul, who have not resulted in a truce.
Update at 5:20 p.m. with declarations by Steve Witkoff in ABC and message from Volodymyr Zelensky on X after the meeting
