"What were you waiting for?": Trump says he didn't reach agreement with putin on Ukraine, but talks were very productive

After a nearly three-hour summit in Alaska on Friday, US President Donald Trump said he and russian dictator vladimir putin had not reached an agreement on resolving the conflict in Ukraine, although he described the meeting as very productive.

"There were many, many points that we agreed on. Most of them, I would say. A couple of big ones that we haven't quite got there, but we've made some headway," Trump told reporters during a joint statement with putin after the talks.

Trump and putin spoke to reporters but did not answer questions.

It was not clear from their statements whether they had made significant progress toward a ceasefire, a goal Trump set at the start of his second term.

In his brief remarks, putin said he expected Ukraine and its European allies to accept the results of the russian-American talks, adding that moscow expects that "Kyiv and European capitals will perceive all this in a constructive manner and will not create any obstacles, will not make attempts to disrupt the emerging progress through provocations and behind-the-scenes intrigues," the russian dictator said.

Trump and putin, along with top foreign policy aides, held their first meeting since 2019 at a US Air Force base in Anchorage, Alaska. The words "Pursuing Peace" were printed on a blue background behind them.

Trump's publicly stated goal of the talks is to achieve a cessation of hostilities and putin's promise to promptly meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to negotiate an end to the war that russia unleashed in February 2022.

Zelenskyy, who was not invited to the summit, and his European allies feared that Trump might "sell out Ukraine," essentially freezing the conflict and acknowledging—albeit unofficially—russian control over a fifth of the country.

Trump sought to allay those fears: boarding Air Force One before meeting putin, he declared that he would leave it to Ukraine to resolve the issue of possible territorial concessions.

"I'm not here to negotiate for Ukraine, I'm here to get them at a table," he said.

Asked what would be the key to a successful meeting with his russian counterpart, he told reporters: "I want to see a ceasefire rapidly. I don't know if it's going to be today, but I'm not going to be happy if it's not today. Everyone said it can't be today, but I'm just saying I want the killing to stop..."

Zelenskyy ruled out the formal transfer of any territory to moscow, and is also demanding security guarantees from the United States.

Trump said he would call Zelenskyy and NATO leaders to update them on his talks with putin.

Upon arriving in Alaska, Trump welcomed putin with a red carpet welcome at a military base. They shook hands warmly before riding in Trump's limousine to the summit.

Trump hopes the ceasefire will bolster his reputation as a global peacemaker worthy of a Nobel Prize.

For Putin, the summit is proof that years of Western efforts to isolate russia have failed and moscow is regaining its rightful place at the table of high-level international diplomacy.

The meeting was attended by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump's Special Envoy for russia Steve Witkoff, russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, among others.

Trump, who once said he would end the Ukrainian "conflict" within 24 hours, acknowledged on Thursday that the task had proved more difficult than he had anticipated. He said that if Friday's talks were successful, quickly organizing a second, three-way summit with Zelenskyy would be more important than meeting with putin.

After the talks, putin said the next meeting with Trump could be in moscow.

"Next time, in Moscow," putin said in English, responding to Trump.