At the St. Peter’s Square burial, Trump and Zelensky sat in the front row with their wives, but about a dozen leaders kept them apart.
Zelensky gave Trump a sidelong glance, but they were not spotted together in public. Prior to the funeral, both parties had left open the possibility of a meeting, with Trump stating that it was just “possible.”
Since Zelensky was scolded by Trump and Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office on February 28 for being ungrateful for the billions of dollars in US military aid provided since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, tensions have been high.
On Friday, the president reported that his envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin had had fruitful discussions.
In order to reach an agreement, he demanded that Kyiv and Moscow meet at a high level.
