US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have left Alaska without reaching an agreement for a ceasefire in Ukraine.
After nearly three hours of meeting, the leaders made a joint statement to the media before raising the question.
Three BBC correspondents in the ank as for the summit assess what it means for the US and Russian leaders as well as what is ahead in the war in Ukraine.
Trump as a dealmaker’s reputation
By North American correspondent Anthony Zucher
Donald Trump said early in his post-committee comments in Encourage, “There is no deal.”
It was a round affair to accept that after several hours of conversation, there is no deal. Any ceasefire. There is nothing tangible to report.
The President said that he and Vladimir Putin made “some great progress”, but with very little information that it has been left to imagine the world.
“We didn’t reach there,” he later said, without raising any questions from hundreds of gathered reporters before getting out of the room.
Trump only set a long way to produce such a vagina, even though American European colleagues and Ukrainian authorities could get relief that they have not offered unilateral concessions or agreements that can reduce future interactions.
For the man who prefers to avoid himself as a peacemaker and a dealmaker, it appears that Trump will neither leave Alaska.
There is also no indication that a future summit includes Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelanski, the upcoming, Putin’s “next time in Moscow” is taking a pinch despite her next meeting.
While Trump had a lower stake at stake during these talks compared to Ukraine or Russia, it would still make a dent in its domestic and international reputation after earlier promises that there was only 25% of the failure in this meeting.
What’s more, the President faced a clear resentment of standing standing because Putin started with a press conference-it was not with a wider initial comments. This was a marked difference compared to the general routine in the oval office, when the US President usually holds a court, while his foreign counterpart looks at without any comments.
While Alaska is the American region, Putin felt more at home that his authorities liked that “Russian America” was once “Russian America” before the 19th century sales in the US. It can eat the US President during the days of Coming, as will press coverage that will present the summit as a flop.
Now the big question – a journalist was unable to ask on Friday – whether Trump will decide to implement new restrictions on Russia as a punishment.
The President partly addressed that before flying outside, a Fox News interview in the friendly realm of the interview, saying that he would consider such a step “probably, three weeks in two weeks”. But the President had promised “serious consequences”, if Russia did not move towards a ceasefire, then such unspecmiks may have more questions than the answer.
Putin gets his moment in a global spotlight
By editor of Steve Rosenburg, Russia
When the “press conference” is not a press conference?
When there is no question.
The hall was surprising when President Putin and Trump left the podium as soon as they made their statements – without any question.
The members of the Russian delegation also left the room fast without answering any question, the journalists were shouting at them.
There is a clear indication that when it comes to war in Ukraine, there is still a major difference between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
Donald Trump is insisting on a Russian ceasefire. Vladimir Putin did not give him.
Earlier a day was a very different vibe. President Trump rolled out the Red Carpet for Vladimir Putin, considered the Kremlin leader as a respected guest.
Today the Russian President got his moment in geopolitical headlines, sharing the stage with the leader of the world’s most powerful country.
But what would Trump react to what happened? He has still not managed to convince Putin to end the war of Russia in Ukraine.
He had earlier threatened a tough approach to Russia, with a warning of ultimatum, deadline and more restrictions if Moscow ignored the call for the ceasefire.
He did not follow it.
will he?
Ukraine’s sigh of relief – but fear for what is next
Vitali Shevchenco, Russia’s editor by BBC Monitoring
Only what happened in Encourage may feel opposed to many people, but the sigh of relief in Kiev will be a sigh that no “deal” has been announced which will cost the Ukraine sector.
The people of Ukraine will also know that all their major deals with Russia are broken, even though someone was declared in ankrase here, they doubted.
However, Ukrainian people will be worried that in joint presence in front of the media, Vladimir Putin has so far spoken of “the root causes” of the conflict and said that only their expulsion would lead to permanent peace.
Kremlin -translated from sowing, it means that he is still firm to pursue the original objective of his “special military operation” – which is to terminate Ukraine as an independent state. Three and a half years of western efforts have failed to change her mind, and now it includes the Alaska summit.
The uncertainty that remains after the meeting is also worrisome. what happens next? Will Russia’s attacks live without thinking?
The last few months have seen the succession of the Western deadline that came and left without the result, and the threats that were never done. Ukrainians see it as an invitation to continue their attacks for Putin. They can see a clear lack of progress gain in the same light.