U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned on Friday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t attain an settlement to resolve Moscow’s warfare in Ukraine after a virtually three-hour summit in Alaska, although he characterised the assembly as “very productive.”
“There were many, many points that we agreed on,” Trump mentioned at a joint press convention with Putin. “I would say a couple of big ones that we haven’t quite got there, but we’ve made some headway. So there’s no deal until there’s a deal.”
Trump and Putin every spoke for a couple of minutes to reporters and took no questions.
It was not clear whether or not the talks had produced significant steps towards a ceasefire within the deadliest battle in Europe in 80 years, a objective that Trump had set on the outset,
In temporary remarks, Putin mentioned he anticipated Ukraine and its European allies to simply accept the outcomes of the U.S.-Russia negotiation, warning them to not “torpedo” the progress towards a decision.
Trump and Putin, alongside with high foreign-policy aides, conferred in a room at an Air Force base in Anchorage, Alaska of their first assembly since 2019. A blue backdrop behind them had the phrases “Pursuing Peace” printed on it.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin maintain a press convention following their assembly to barter an finish to the warfare in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025.
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Trump’s publicly said goal for the talks was to safe a halt to the preventing and a dedication by Putin to satisfy swiftly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to barter an finish to the warfare, which started when Russia invaded its neighbor in February 2022.
Zelenskiy, who was not invited to the summit, and his European allies had feared Trump may promote out Ukraine by basically freezing the battle and recognizing – if solely informally – Russian management over one-fifth of Ukraine.
Trump sought to assuage such considerations as he boarded Air Force One, saying he would let Ukraine determine on any attainable territorial concessions.
“I’m not here to negotiate for Ukraine, I’m here to get them at a table,” he mentioned.
Asked what would make the assembly a hit, he informed reporters: “I want to see a ceasefire rapidly … I’m not going to be happy if it’s not today … I want the killing to stop.”
Zelenskiy has dominated out formally handing Moscow any territory and can also be looking for a safety assure backed by the United States.
Trump mentioned he would name Zelenskiy and NATO leaders to replace them on the talks with Putin.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin maintain a press convention following their assembly to barter an finish to the warfare in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025.
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Rolling out the pink carpet
Once on the bottom in Alaska, Trump greeted Putin on a pink carpet on the bottom’s tarmac. The two shook palms warmly and touched one another on the arm earlier than using in Trump’s limo to the summit website close by.
Trump hopes a truce within the 3-1/2-year-old warfare that Putin began will deliver peace to the area in addition to bolster his credentials as a world peacemaker worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize.
For Putin, the summit is already an enormous win that he can painting as proof that years of Western makes an attempt to isolate Russia have unravelled and that Moscow is retaking its rightful place on the excessive desk of worldwide diplomacy.
Russian President Vladimir Putin seems on throughout a joint press convention with US President Donald Trump (out of body) after taking part in a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025.
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Putin is needed by the International Criminal Court, accused of the warfare crime of deporting a whole bunch of kids from Ukraine. Russia denies the allegations, and the Kremlin has dismissed the ICC warrant as null and void. Russia and the United States are usually not members of the courtroom.
Both Moscow and Kyiv deny concentrating on civilians within the warfare. But hundreds of civilians have died within the battle, the overwhelming majority Ukrainian.
A conservative estimate of useless and injured within the warfare in Ukraine – from either side mixed – totals 1.2 million folks, Trump’s envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, mentioned three months in the past.
The assembly additionally included U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio; Trump’s particular envoy to Russia, Steve Witkoff; Russian international coverage aide Yury Ushakov; and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hand with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they meet to barter for an finish to the warfare in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025.
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Trump, who as soon as mentioned he would finish Russia’s warfare in Ukraine inside 24 hours, conceded on Thursday it had confirmed a more durable job than he had anticipated. He mentioned if Friday’s talks went effectively, shortly arranging a second, three-way summit with Zelenskiy could be extra necessary than his encounter with Putin.
Zelenskiy mentioned Friday’s summit ought to open the way in which for a “just peace” and three-way talks that included him, however added that Russia was persevering with to wage warfare. A Russian ballistic missile earlier struck Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk area, killing one individual and wounding one other.
“It’s time to end the war, and the necessary steps must be taken by Russia. We are counting on America,” Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram messaging app.