ROME (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he had held a "substantive" conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, in Rome shortly after Trump pledged to send more defensive weapons to Kyiv.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that during a meeting in Rome with Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine, they addressed sanctions, pressure on Russia and military aid to Ukraine.