UKRAINIAN President Volodymyr Zelensky met his US counterpart Donald Trump on Tuesday ahead of late senator Lindsey Graham’s funeral to discuss his country’s ongoing war with Russia.

In a social media post President Zelensky thanked Mr Trump for the “good meeting” and the Republican administration’s efforts to aid Kiev in the long-running war. 

He said: “The President and I discussed licences for Patriot interceptor production and several other ideas that could help.” 

President Trump said it was a “great honour” to meet Mr Zelensky.

“Many things were discussed. The meeting went very well!” he wrote on social media.

Later, President Zelensky posted that he met with officials from Lockheed Martin for further co-operation in both defence production and exchanging of technologies, saying: “Ukraine has a lot to share with those who help us protect lives.”

In a meeting with senators at the Capitol, President Zelensky again made his case for why Ukraine needs Patriot interceptors, as well as a sweeping sanctions Bill to impact morale and increase pressure on Russia, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the closed-door meeting.

One of the sources said President Zelensky told the meeting that Ukraine will need the US to provide missiles that Kiev would pay for with European funds.