At what was billed as a press conference following a nearly three-hour meeting between the two leaders and their top aides Friday, Putin attempted to set the terms when he spoke first after both emerged on the stage at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson outside Anchorage.<\/a><\/p>\n Putin appeared optimistic about the talks <\/a>as he said he and Trump had come to \u2018agreements\u2019 and described Ukraine \u2014 the sovereign nation he invaded and has been pillaging<\/a> since March 2022 \u2014 as Russia\u2019s \u201cbrotherly nation\u201d and claimed Russia wants to end the conflict.<\/p>\n By contrast, Trump followed in brief comments and said firmly: \u201cThere\u2019s no deal until there\u2019s a deal.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI agree with President Trump, as he has said today, that naturally, the security of Ukraine should be ensured as well,\u201d said Putin, via a translator. \u201cNaturally we are prepared to work on that, I would like to hope that the agreement that we’ve reached together will help us bring closer that goal and will pave the path towards peace in Ukraine.<\/p>\n \u201cWe expect that Kyiv and European capitals will perceive that constructively and that they won’t throw a wrench in the works,” Putin cautioned, before warning Europe against “backroom dealings to conduct provocations to torpedo the nascent progress.\u201d<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Putin attempted to set the terms when he began speaking first after both emerged onto the stage at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson outside Anchorage. (REUTERS)<\/p>\n Putin repeated oft-used lines about addressing what he calls the \u201cprimary roots, the primary causes of that conflict,\u201dmeaning his desire for Ukraine to end any ambitions to integrate with the West by joining the European Union or NATO, and said any settlement in the conflict must \u201cconsider all legitimate concerns of Russia and to reinstate a just balance of security in Europe and in world on the whole.\u201d<\/p>\n But moments later, Trump torpedoed Putin’s claim to have reached an agreement, telling reporters instead that there were \u201cmany points that we agreed on\u201d during the talks but there were still \u201ca couple of big ones that we haven’t quite gotten there.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSo there’s no deal until there’s a deal,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n The president stressed that any future deal would have to receive assent from the Ukrainian government as well as America’s NATO allies, and said he’d be \u201ccalling up … the various people that I think are appropriate,\u201d as well as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to read them in on what transpired behind closed doors today.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Trump torpedoed Putin’s claim to have reached an agreement, telling reporters instead that there were \u201cmany points that we agreed on\u201d during the talks but there were still \u201ca couple of big ones that we haven’t quite gotten there.\u201d (REUTERS)<\/p>\n Trump added that the meeting, in his estimation, had been \u201cvery productive\u201d and included \u201cmany points\u201d that had been agreed to, and said there was a “good chance” of reaching some sort of accord going forward.<\/p>\n A second meeting has been floated in recent days by Trump but has not been confirmed. <\/p>\n Putin suggested to Trump in English: \u201cNext time in Moscow,\u201d which the president said he could \u201cget a little heat\u201d for but added he could see it \u201cpossibly happening.\u201d<\/p>\n The leaders did not take questions from reporters and swiftly walked off the stage.<\/p>\n There was no mention of a possible land swap of Ukrainian territories that Trump previously suggested<\/a>, which he said would be \u201cto the betterment of both\u201d sides.<\/p>\n The reality that Ukraine will lose territory in a peace agreement has been accepted by Zelensky in recent months. <\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n The president stressed that any future deal would have to receive assent from the Ukrainian government as well as America’s NATO allies. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, conceded Friday that Ukraine may have to \u201cgive up territory\u201d as a temporary solution towards peace.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the scenarios is\u2026 to give up territory. It’s not fair. But for the peace, temporary peace, maybe it can be a solution, temporary,\u201d Klitschko told the BBC. But he stressed that the Ukrainian people would “never accept occupation” by Russia.<\/p>\n![\"Putin](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-08-15T231101Z_339006234_RC2U7GATRYE7_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-SUMMIT.jpeg\")
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