Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US President Donald Trump in Anchorage on Friday to discuss the war in Ukraine. After a “historical” meeting, Putin said he wanted the “root cause of the conflict” to be removed. Meanwhile, Trump said that he and Putin had not reached an agreement to end the Russian war in Ukraine. “There is no agreement until there is an agreement,” Trump said.
It seemed that both Trump and Putin were offering a vague description of the Alaska meeting that stretched for about two and a half hours. Here are the top 10 key with you from the Alask Summit and Putin-Trump press conference after the Alaska Summit:
1. Putin did not recognize any words to acknowledge that relations between US-Russia dropped to the “lowest point” from the Cold War. “Sooner or later, we had to change the situation to move from confrontation to dialogue …” he said.
2. Putin said that meeting in Alaska was not only historical, but after four difficult years of two -sided meeting “necessity”. He said that the agreements that have achieved today can only be the first step on the way to Peace in Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin organize a press conference after their meeting to negotiate the end of the war in Ukraine, the common base of Elumendorf-Richardson, Anchorage on Alaska, USA, August 15, 2025. Reuters/Kevin Lamarque.
3. “We are sincerely interested in ending the conflict. But all the main causes must be removed and all Russia’s concerns need to be taken into account,” Putin told Friday at a joint press conference with Trump.
4. Putin said, “Today’s agreements will help us restart pragmatic relationships.” He thanked Trump for his “friendly” tone and “results”.
5. Putin gave off Trump’s remarks and said he believed that the Ukrainian conflict would not have happened if Trump was president. Trump claimed that the war in Ukraine, which began during the bidden administration, would not start if he was president at the time.
6. Donald Trump said, “There is no agreement until there is an agreement …” He said he had “extremely productive meetings” with Putin and “many points were agreed with him”. But “very little left.”
“Some are not so important. One is probably the most important, but we have a very good chance to get there. We didn’t get there, but we have a very good chance to get there,” Trump said.
President Donald Trump, Right, Russian President Vladimir Putin, will arrive at a joint press conference at Elumendorf-Richardson’s common base on Alaska on Friday, August 15, 2025.
7. “Progress” but no agreement Ukraine: But Trump claimed that “we really made great progress.” He said, “I believe we had a very productive meeting. There were many, many points we agreed … There is no agreement until there is an agreement.”
8. Trump said nothing about the prospect of a trilateral summit, Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zlensky, which he said in advance his final goal. He said he got green on the phone.
“I’ll call NATO … Of course, call the President (Ukraine) Zelsky and tell him about today’s meeting … We really made great progress,” he said.
9. Trump and Putin did not achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine or a peace agreement. But the ice is broken and other meetings are coming. After their important meeting at Alaska, Vladimir Putin called on President Donald Trump to organize the next round in Moscow. When Trump was thinking about the second meeting, Putin smiled and said in English, “Next time in Moscow.”
10. Previously, when Putin met Trump on the asphalt of the Aviation Base on Alaska, the US military force was exposed to the B-2 bomber, which flew over the heads of both presidents.
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