Trump-Putin Alaska Summit LIVE: Donald Trump says no agreement with Vladimir Putin on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine

President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin met for about 2.5 hours on Friday at a summit in Alaska that started with a handshake, a smile and a ride in the presidential limousine — an unusually warm reception for a US adversary responsible for launching the largest land war in Europe since 1945.

They later addressed a joint news conference after talking together with top advisers behind closed doors on efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. Trump and Putin end joint press conference without taking questions or sharing details of talks on Ukraine’s future.

President Donald Trump said he and Vladimir Putin didn’t reach a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine after meeting on Friday — despite Putin saying they had come to “an understanding” — as the two leaders offered scant details on what was discussed while heaping praise on each other.

Mr. Putin said he and Trump had reached an “understanding” on Ukraine and warned Europe not to “torpedo the nascent progress.” But Trump then said, “There’s no deal until there’s a deal” and said he planned to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders soon, to brief them on the discussions. source:thehindu.com