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2025-08-16 News & Politics
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Trump-Putin Summit Concludes in Anchorage with "No Deal" but Claimed Progress on Ukraine

Understand the ambiguous outcomes of the Trump-Putin summit in Anchorage and analyze why experts view the lack of a ceasefire as a major sticking point for future peace efforts in Ukraine.

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  • President Trump rated the nearly three-hour meeting a "10 out of 10" despite announcing no formal deal regarding Ukraine.
  • Neither leader publicly referenced a ceasefire during their joint appearance, underscoring the difficulty in achieving peace.
  • Expert analysis suggests high stakes remain, noting Putin presented maximalist demands, leaving Trump politically hemmed in. This update reviews the immediate post-summit reactions from US and Russian spokespeople, highlighting vague language suggesting a "pathway" to settlement discussions continued briefly after the leaders departed Anchorage.

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US President Donald Trump has said "there's no deal until there's a deal" but progress was made in Ukraine talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. "We didn't get there," the US president said in an update to the press after their almost three-hour meeting in Alaska. Putin said he was "sincerely interested" in putting an end to the conflict, but did not give further details. In an interview after the talks, Trump urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who wasn't invited to the summit, to "make a deal". Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #Russia #Ukraine #US #Trump #Putin #BBCNews

Top Comments (10)

@HaHaBIah 2025-08-16

Translation: Trump got played by Putin yet again

303 35 replies
@kampos39 2025-08-16

Meeting lasted 2 hours. 45 minutes handshake, 75 minutes Putin explaining history.

274 74 replies
@IslamJackson 2025-08-16

Not a single thing has changed. There is no progress. Mr "I'll have the war over within 24hours" is just trying to save face and it's embarrassing to watch 😂😂😂😂.

186 24 replies
@DJC-it2sw 2025-08-16

Trump sold Putin a condo. Successful meeting

94 6 replies
@mattiecharlton9038 2025-08-16

Historic summit? It would be funny if it wasn’t so shamefully pathetic!

77 6 replies
@solidsnake9898 2025-08-16

What a waste of time.

76 8 replies
@derwolfpack3599 2025-08-16

The whole 10 day deadline he gave about 10 days ago is gone. Trump is a hot gas bag.

73 9 replies
@aliceUa 2025-08-16

"We do not know what the progress was." There could not be any progress. The two men came to Alaska with two totally different purposes.

49 2 replies
@braxxian 2025-08-16

Russia knows exactly what it wants to achieve in Ukraine and won’t stop till those goals are met. It has been saying that since day 1.

48 7 replies
@paulpaul3831 2025-08-16

Maybe Putin agreed to buy some Taco coins

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