Jonathan Beale
Defence correspondent, reporting from Kyiv

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There are not high hopes here in Ukraine about these talks, not least because the Ukrainians are not present.

Tonight, we know that Russia has launched more drones at Ukraine. It's been shelling towns and villages near the front line, and Ukraine has had to move more forces to the east to stop a Russian advance.

President Zelensky has said there is no evidence that President Putin wants to end this war. He says the real test of these talks is whether they lead to a path for a "just peace".

As far as he's concerned, that means Ukraine being represented in negotiations.

So far, Putin has refused to meet Zelensky. He doesn't even recognise him as the country's legitimate leader.

That is why you've got Zelensky saying he's "counting on America" - he's not there, and he doesn't trust Putin. He will soon find out whether he can rely on President Trump.

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It's been more than three hours since presidents Putin and Trump went their separate ways, but we still haven't heard anything from Kyiv.

Volodymyr Zelensky, who wasn't invited to the summit, is likewise yet to comment publicly.

After a meeting with European leaders on Wednesday, Trump promised that his first call after the Alaskan talks would be to the Ukrainian leader.

In an interview after the talks, Trump urged Zelensky to "make a deal"

Trump has been pushing for a ceasefire - Putin didn't give it to himpublished at 03:12 British Summer Time 16 August

03:12 BST 16 August

Steve Rosenberg
Russia editor, reporting from Anchorage

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When is a "press conference" not a press conference?

When there are no questions.

There was palpable surprise in the hall when Presidents Putin and Trump left the podium as soon as they'd delivered their statements – without taking any questions.

Members of the Russian delegation, too, left the room swiftly without answering any of the questions journalists were shouting at them.

Clear signs that when it comes to the war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump still have a major difference of opinion.

Donald Trump has been pushing for a Russian ceasefire. Vladimir Putin didn't give it to him.

There was a very different vibe earlier in the day. President Trump had rolled out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin, treating the Kremlin leader as an honoured guest.

Today the Russian president got his moment in the geo-political limelight, sharing the stage with the leader of the world's most powerful country.

But how will Trump react to what happened? He still hasn't managed to persuade Putin to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

Previously he'd threatened a tougher approach to Russia, with ultimatums, deadlines and warnings of more sanctions if Moscow ignored calls for a ceasefire.

He hasn't followed through.

Will he?

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With Trump's Fox News interview wrapped up, we can now bring you the latest from the Kremlin.

Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov describes the meeting between Trump and Putin as "very positive".

Explaining why the two leaders chose not to take questions from journalists after the talks, Peskov says both "made exhaustive statements", so there was no need, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported.

Peskov adds that the leaders' conversation would allow them to "confidently move forward together" along the path of finding options for peace settlement.

Trump now tells Fox New that a deal is on the horizon, and that it could involve prisoner swaps.

"I say 50/50, because so many things can happen," says Trump. "But I think President Putin wants to solve the problem."

He suggests there is movement towards a potential prisoner of war transfer.

"I have a book of thousands of people that they presented me with today, thousands of prisoners, who will get released," he says.

Host Hannity asks if this was a deal that was agreed today, and Trump says its still pending.

"Well, they have to accept them," Trump says.

He doesn't say who "presented" the book to him, and whether the prisoners were Russian or Ukrainian.

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We're continuing to monitor Donald Trump's pre-recorded interview with Fox News. Trump is asked how he thinks the war in Ukraine might end - with land swaps?

These points were negotiated during the meeting with Putin, Trump says, and were "largely" agreed on.

It was a "very warm meeting", Trump says, adding that he thinks "we're pretty close to a deal".

But, Trump says, Ukraine has to agree to any deal. "Maybe they'll say no."

"Make a deal," he urges Zelensky.

Trump is asked to grade the meeting with President Putin. He says it was a "10 out of 10", adding: "We got along great."

He adds that now it's up to Zelensky to get a deal done, along with European involvement.

He says that Russia and Ukraine will set up talks next, with both Putin and Zelensky attending.

Speaking to Fox News, Trump declines to outline the sticking points that prevented a deal from being reached.

"I think he wants to see it done," Trump says of Putin. He refuses to detail the "one big thing" they couldn't agree on.

Trump also praises Putin for agreeing that if he was president at the time Russia invaded Ukraine war "would have never happened".

"This war should have never have happened. You know a lot of wars should have never had happened. Stupid things go down and wrong people are talking," said Trump.

He goes on to blame former President Joe Biden for not preventing Russia's invasion.

Donald Trump's interview with Fox News is now being broadcast. It was pre-recorded just before he took off from Alaska and after his meeting with Vladimir Putin.

The two presidents had "a very good meeting" today, Trump says.

Asked what he thought the vibe was in his meeting with Putin this afternoon, Trump says he always had a great relationship with President Putin.

We'll see about what happens next, he says. "I want to see people stop dying," Trump says.

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Before departing from Anchorage, Trump sat down for a pre-recorded interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News, which is due to air a few minutes.

The interview is the second that Trump has done with Fox News as part of this diplomatic summit. We'll be watching along and will bring you any key lines on this page.

On his way to Alaska, he spoke to host Bret Baeir aboard Air Force One to preview the meeting with Putin.

"I think its going to work out very well. And if it doesn't, I'm gonna head back home real fast," said Trump.

It's unclear whether anything was agreed during the meeting between Trump and Putin. Trump told reporters that "we didn't get there" despite progress.

Before today, we were expecting the talks between Trump and Putin to be one-on-one - albeit with translators.

A late change saw a cast of high-ranking officials advisors also take part.

They watched on as the two presidents gave their statements earlier - but like them, none stuck around to answer questions to the hundreds of journalists who travelled to Alaska.

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Speaking to the BBC after Trump and Putin delivered their statements, former US ambassador to Nato Douglas Lute says Trump gained nothing from the summit with his Russian counterpart.

"Putin comes away with the end of international isolation," Lute says.

"He's seen as a big man on the big stage with the US president: Warm welcome, red carpet, riding Trump's car, standing in front of a sign that said pursuing peace - which is anything but what Vladimir Putin is all about.

Lute continues: "In return what did Trump get? Zero... We accomplished very little."

"We are no closer - in fact, we may be further away from a peace settlement in Ukraine than we were at the beginning of the day."

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Years of Western effort have failed to change Putin's mind, today includedpublished at 01:30 British Summer Time 16 August

01:30 BST 16 August

Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring in Anchorage

What just happened in Anchorage may feel anti-climactic for many, but in Kyiv there will be sighs of relief that no "deal" has been announced that would cost Ukraine territory.

Ukrainians will also know that all of their key deals with Russia have been broken, so even if one had been announced here in Anchorage, they would have been sceptical.

Ukrainians will be alarmed, however, that at the conference Vladimir Putin yet again spoke of the "root causes" of the conflict and said only their removal would lead to lasting peace.

Translated from Kremlin-speak, this means he is still determined to pursue the original objective of his "special military operation" - which is to dismantle Ukraine as an independent state.

Three-and-a-half years of Western efforts have failed to make him change his mind, and that includes the Alaska summit.

The uncertainty that persists after the meeting is also worrying. What happens next? Will Russia's attacks continue unabated?

The past few months have seen a succession of Western deadlines that came and went without consequences, and threats that were never carried out. Ukrainians see this as an invitation for Putin to continue his attacks. They may see the apparent lack of progress achieved Anchorage in the same light.

US president leaves stage without his big ceasefire announcementpublished at 01:19 British Summer Time 16 August

01:19 BST 16 August

Sarah Smith
North America editor, reporting from Anchorage

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It sounded to me like Putin was saying he was pleased to have had the opportunity to make his case directly to the American president about the reasons why he felt it necessary to invade Ukraine. It sounded to me that he had reiterated that case and stopped well short of agreeing to stop the fighting.

One can only assume that is the major point Donald Trump was referring to that they were unable to reach an agreement on.

This morning as the US president travelled from Washington to Alaska, he was very clear to reporters he wanted to announce a ceasefire.

President Trump said he wouldn't be happy without one. Well, he didn't look like a particularly happy man when he left the stage unable to announce that.

Donald Trump has just boarded Air Force One and is now preparing to return to Washington DC after talks in Alaska.

As we reported, we're expecting to hear from the US president in about an hour in an interview with Fox News.

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As Putin leaves Alaska, Trump has gone straight back to the room where the bilateral meeting took place just a few hours ago.

He's taping an interview with US news anchor Sean Hannity of Fox, according to the BBC's US partner CBS.

That's expected to air in an hour or so - we'll be watching it and bring you updates.

We've just seen Russian President Vladimir Putin board his plane as he prepares to leave Alaska after talks with Trump which produced no deal.

He arrived around five hours ago and it looks as though he'll soon be departing.

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Warm words but no breakthrough in Alaskapublished at 00:50 British Summer Time 16 August

00:50 BST 16 August

Gary O'Donoghue
Chief North America correspondent, in Anchorage

The outcome of this meeting is still to be made totally clear, but there were plenty of warm words.

Putin talked about respect and constructiveness, and Trump said the discussions were very productive.

But neither president indicated there'd been anything approaching a substantive breakthrough on the key issue of a ceasefire, let alone a wider peace deal.

The two men ended an uncharacteristically short event by Trump's standards, taking no questions at all from the press pack.

But there are signs of a second meeting, with Trump saying "we'll speak to you very soon and probably see you again very soon".

That drew the retort in English from Putin "next time in Moscow".

"That's an interesting one," replied Donald Trump. That, he added, "would get him a lot of heat".

Both sides will characterise this as a success. For Ukraine, though, the uncertainty about the future of this war remains.