VOLODYMYR Zelensky has said his recent impromptu talk with Donald Trump at the Vatican was their most productive to date.
The face-to-face discussion took place after the two men flew to last weekend for the of 88-year-old who died on April 21.
The Ukrainian President, 47, reportedly urged his US counterpart, 78, to return to his original proposal of an unconditional ceasefire as the starting point for peace talks.
backs such a stance but it has been hobbled by .
Mr Zelensky said that his with Mr Trump was “perhaps the shortest, but the most substantive”; the pair have had.
He told journalists: “With all due respect to our teams, the one-on-one format, in my opinion, worked.
“We had the right atmosphere for the conversation.”;
Zelensky also said that he believes the may have shifted Trump’s perspective.
He said: “I’m confident that after our , President Trump began to look at things a bit differently. We will see.
“It’s his vision, his choice in any case.”;
Mr Zelensky said previously that the signing of the US-Ukraine minerals deal — seen as beneficial to both sides — was the first concrete result of their April 26 conversation in Rome.
The meeting, described by Mr Zelensky as “historic”;, was the first since their in February when he was berated for his “lack of gratitude for US support”;.
Meanwhile, called a state of emergency after overnight Ukrainian strikes said to have included British Storm Shadow missiles.
claimed it shot down eight during attacks on targets including the £3billion Crimean Bridge and Novorossiysk, a Black Sea port.
