Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Leo XIV near Rome on Tuesday and was scheduled for talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, as he continued to rally European support for Ukraine while resisting U.S. pressure for a painful compromise with Russia on a peace plan to end the war.
Analysts say the latest release of the U.S. National Security Strategy reveals big differences in how the U.S. and European Union view the Russia-Ukraine war.