The net effect of the Alaska summit was to give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a free pass to continue his war against his neighbor indefinitely without further penalty, pending talks on a broader peace deal.

Russian President Vladimir Putin got everything he could have hoped for in Alaska. President Donald Trump got very little — judging by his own pre-summit metrics.

Donald Trump said Ukraine should make a deal to end the war because "Russia is a very big power, and they're not", after hosting a summit where Vladimir Putin was reported to have demanded more Ukrainian land.

One key party not be in attendance Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump said after his meeting with the Russian president that he would call Zelenskyy and update him on the talks.

The high-stakes bilateral meeting concluded Friday ahead of schedule amid aims at advancing a potential ceasefire agreement in the war in Ukraine.

Former NSC Chief of Staff Fred Fleitz discusses the ramifications of the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska and the next phase of efforts to end the war in Ukraine on ‘Fox News Live.’

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grasp of English is steady, though thickly accented, giving him more than enough skill to speak to President Trump and build a rapport one on one. Though Putin is known to speak German fluently,

Ukrainians in Kyiv have been shocked by the U.S. welcoming Russian President Vladimir Putin with a red carpet in Alaska.