Zelensky's Rome Visit: Meeting with Italy's Premier and Pope Francis Amid Ukraine War

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Rome for talks with Italian officials and Pope Francis, who has launched a behind-the-scenes initiative to try to end the war launched last year by Russia. Zelenskyy met with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who staunchly backs military and other aid for Ukraine. The Vatican confirmed a papal meeting shortly before the Ukrainian president’s plane touched down. Russian forces resumed their shelling of Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, killing a civilian, and launched at least 21 Iranian-made Shahed drones at Ukrainian territory.