President Trump and Ukraine's President Zelenskyy met privately ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis and "had a very productive discussion," the White House said Saturday.

President Trump and Ukrainian president Zelensky met on Saturday in Rome on the sidelines of Pope Francis' funeral and discussed the effort to end the war with Russia. Why it matters: This was the first meeting between Trump and Zelensky since their explosive Oval Office shouting match in late February,

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy met before Pope Francis' funeral, their first face-to-face since a tense February meeting.