
Trump says no summit deal with Putin over Ukraine war, talks were ‘very productive’
2025-08-16 09:29:52 source:CNBC
August 15, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not reach an agreement to resolve Moscow’s war in Ukraine after a nearly three-hour summit in Alaska, though he characterized the meeting as “very productive.”
“There were many, many points that we agreed on,” Trump said at a joint press conference with Putin. “I would say a couple of big ones that we haven’t quite got there, but we’ve made some headway. So there’s no deal until there’s a deal.”
Trump and Putin each spoke for a few minutes to reporters and took no questions.
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