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'We haven't quite got there': No deal reached to end war in Ukraine, Trump says

No deal has been reached to end the war in Ukraine - but Donald Trump has said there are "many points" he and Vladimir Putin agreed on during their highly anticipated summit.

Following the meeting in Alaska, which lasted more than two-and-a-half hours, the two leaders gave a short media conference giving little detail about what had been discussed, and without taking questions. Mr Trump described the meeting as "very productive" and said there were "many points that we agreed on...

I would say a couple of big ones". Trump-Putin summit - latest updates But there are a few left, he added.

"Some are not that significant. One is probably the most significant, but we have a very good chance of getting there...

"We haven't quite got there, we've made some headway. There's no deal until there's a deal." He has since suggested that negotiations should proceed directly to a peace deal, rather than purely a ceasefire agreement.

Mr Putin described the negotiations as "thorough and constructive" and said Russia was "seriously interested in putting an end" to the war in Ukraine. He also warned Europe not to "torpedo nascent progress".

Following the summit, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he plans to travel to Washington DC on Monday following a "long and substantive" conversation" with Mr Trump. In a joint statement, European leaders including Sir Keir Starmer said they "welcomed President Trump's efforts to stop the killing in Ukraine" and said the so-called 'coalition of the willing' is "ready to play an active role".

After much build-up to the summit - with the US president threatening "severe" consequences for Russia should it not go well - it was ultimately not clear whether the talks had produced meaningful steps towards a ceasefire in what has been the deadliest conflict in Europe in 80 years. Mr Trump said he intended to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders, who were excluded from the discussions, to brief them.

Despite not reaching any major breakthrough, the US leader ended his remarks with a thank you, and said he would probably see Mr Putin again "very soon". When the Russian president suggested that "next time" would be Moscow, he responded by saying he might face criticism, but "I could see it possibly happening".

The red carpet treatment The news conference came after a grand arrival at the Elmendorf-Richardson military base in Anchorage, where the US president stepped down from Air Force One and later greeted his Russian counterpart with a handshake and smiles on a red carpet. Mr Putin even travelled alongside Mr Trump in the presidential limousine, nicknamed "The Beast".

It was the kind of reception typically reserved for close US allies, belying the bloodshed and the suffering in the war. Before the talks, the two presidents ignored frantically-shouted questions from journalists - and Mr Putin appeared to frown when asked by one reporter if he would stop "killing civilians" in Ukraine, putting his hand to his ear as though to indicate he could not hear.

Our US correspondent Martha Kelner, on the ground in Alaska, said he was shouting "let's go" - apparently in reference to getting the reporters out of the room. Read more:The moment Vladimir Putin has cravedWhat we expected from summit - and what actually happenedTrump-Putin summit in picturesMapping the land Ukraine could be told to give up A '10/10' meeting During his first day back in the White House in January, Mr Trump had pledged confidently to bring about an end to the war in Ukraine.

But seven months later, after infamously berating Mr Zelenskyy during a meeting at the Oval Office in February, and then stanching the flow of some US military assistance to Kyiv, he still does not appear to have brought a pause to the conflict. In an interview with Fox News before leaving Alaska, Mr Trump described the meeting with Mr Putin as "warm" and gave it a "10/10.

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