US Vice President JD Vance held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Rome on Sunday at a time Washington is pressing for a quick end to Russia’s war in Ukraine.

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of Pope Leo's inauguration on Sunday, a source in the Ukrainian delegation told Reuters.

Pope Leo will have a private meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy later on Sunday following the pope's inaugural Mass, the Vatican said. Leo spoke with Zelenskiy on Monday in the first known conversation between the newly-elected pontiff and a foreign leader,