A self-styled peacemaker and dealmaker, it appears Trump will leave Alaska with neitherpublished at 00:27 British Summer Time 16 August

00:27 BST 16 August

Anthony Zurcher
North America correspondent, in Anchorage

“There’s no deal until there’s a deal,” Donald Trump said early in his post-summit remarks here in Anchorage.

It was a roundabout way of conceding that after several hours of talks, there is no deal. No ceasefire. Nothing tangible to report.

The president said that he and Vladimir Putin made “some great progress” - but with few details about what that might be, it’s left to the world’s imagination.

“We didn’t get there,” he later said, before exiting the room without taking any questions from the hundreds of gathered reporters.

Trump travelled a long way to produce only vagaries, even if America’s European allies and Ukrainian officials may be relieved he did not offer unilateral concessions or agreements that could have undermined future negotiations.

For the man who likes to tout himself as a peacemaker and a dealmaker, it appears that Trump will leave Alaska with neither. There are also no indications that a future summit involving Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is forthcoming - Putin’s “next time in Moscow” quip about their next meeting aside.

While Trump had less at stake during these negotiations than Ukraine or Russia, it still will put a dent in his domestic and international prestige after earlier promises that this meeting had only a 25% chance of failure.

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Trump and Putin spoke side by side on stage for around 10 minutes. Both indicated progress had been made during their private talks, but they ended without a solid agreement. Here are the key lines.

• Putin says he is "sincerely interested" in putting an end to the conflict, which he described as a "tragedy"
• But he says Russia needs to eliminate the "primary causes" of the conflict - and warns Ukraine and Europe must not "sabotage" talks
• Putin describes the meeting as a "starting point for resolution" of the conflict
• He describes his relationship with Trump as "business-like" - and agrees with the US president's repeated claim that the war would not have started if he had remained in office after the 2020 election
• Trump says there are still points of disagreement and "there is no deal until there is a deal" - adding "we didn't get there" despite progress
• He says "many points were agreed to" but "a few" remain, adding that "one is the most significant" without specifying what
• He says he will call Zelesnky and European leaders soon - and it is "ultimately up to them"
• Trump ends by saying he will "probably" see the Russian leader again soon - Putin responds: "Next time in Moscow"

Just before their appearance ended, Trump said the two would stop "thousands of people a week from being killed".

"President Putin wants to see that as much as I do," he said.

Trump concluded the joint statement by thanking Putin, calling him "Vladimir".

"We'll speak to you very soon and probably see you again very soon," he said.

Putin responded in English: "Next time in Moscow."

Trump and Putin have finished addressing the media in Anchorage. They shook hands, posed for pictures and then walked off stage, ignoring shouted questions from gathered reporters.

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"I've always had a fantastic relationship with President Putin. Vladimir," Trump says, switching to the president's first name.

He calls their meeting "extremely productive," but adds that some things are still to be decided.

But we have a "very good chance" of further progress, he says.

Donald Trump says he and Putin had a productive meeting and that they made "some headway".

He says he will call Nato allies and others, including Ukraine's Zelensky. He says a deal is "ultimately" up to them and they will have to agree.

There's no deal until there's a deal, he says, adding that "great progress" was made but "we didn't get there".

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Putin says that he hopes the Ukrainians and Europeans choose to "not throw a wrench in" the peace process.

"I would like to thank Trump for the well-wishing tone," says Putin, adding that "both sides should be results oriented".

"Trump clearly cares about the prosperity of his nation. But understands Russia has its own interests," he says.

The central issue of their discussion was the Ukraine conflict, Putin says.

He adds that in order to make a "settlement lasting and long-term we need to eliminate the primary causes of the conflict", without detailing what he means.

For context: Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Putin is continuing with his remarks.

He notes there have been no summits between the two countries for a few years and says bilateral relations had "fallen to the lowest point since the Cold War".

He says it was time to move from confrontation to dialogue, and calls the meeting "long overdue".

He says he and Trump have had a number of "frank" phone calls, and notes that Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, has also kept the dialogue going.

A marked difference from Trump's normal routinepublished at 00:03 British Summer Time 16 August

00:03 BST 16 August

Anthony Zurcher
North America correspondent, in Anchorage

This joint press conference kicked off abruptly, with little advanced warning – fitting for a summit that was scheduled on exceedingly short notice.

Vladimir Putin is making extensive opening remarks, as Donald Trump stands silently.

It’s a marked difference than the normal routine in the Oval Office, when the US president is the one holding court as his foreign counterpart looks on without comment.

Putin says that both the US and Russia, "though separated by the oceans, are close neighbours".

"They're only 4km apart. We're close neighbours, and that's a fact," he continues.

For this reason, he told Trump "hello, neighbour," when they shook hands on the tarmac earlier today, he says.

Putin goes on to describe the history of Alaska, which was part of Russia's territory before it was sold to the US in the mid-1800s.

He notes the presence of Russian Orthodox churches in the US state, telling reporters: "I'm sure this heritage will help us rebuild and foster mutually beneficial and equal ties."

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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have just walked out onto the stage together after they held around three hours of talks behind closed doors.

This joint news conference is taking place around half an hour earlier than we had been expecting.

They are speaking at podiums bearing the US presidential seal, with a backdrop reading "pursuing peace" behind them. Russian and American flags are positioned side by side.

Trump gestures to Putin, allowing him to speak first. The US president has a broad smile on his face.

We'll bring you updates here throughout.

Presidents Trump and Putin walk on stage - and their joint news conference begins.

You can watch live at the top of this page.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov - who were also in the meeting - has just walked into the news conference, according to reporters in the room.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has also takes his seat.

Anthony Zurcher
North America correspondent, in Anchorage

US special envoy Steve Witkoff, who was in the meeting with the two presidents, has just walked into the room where the joint news conference is due to be held.

It was hard to make out any kind of expression on his face.

Shorter the meeting, better the results? That's the assumption in Anchoragepublished at 23:48 British Summer Time 15 August

23:48 BST 15 August

Sarah Smith
North America editor

The press pack inside the Elmendorf-Richardson base in Anchorage were settling for what we assumed would be a very long wait when we were suddenly rushed into our seats for a joint Trump-Putin news conference.

In just 10 minutes, we were told, we might see both presidents appear on the stage bearing the logo “Pursuing Peace”.

But that was about 20 minutes ago and there is no sign yet of either man.

The assumption among all the gathered journalists is that the shorter the meeting the better the result is likely to be.

If they appear soon the greater the chance that they have swiftly agreed a ceasefire in Ukraine. But we just wont know until we see them

Vitaliy Shevchenko
BBC Monitoring, Russia editor

We're yet to hear anything from the Americans on how they thought the talks between presidents Trump and Putin went - but there's plenty of approving noise on the Russian side.

The atmosphere in the talks was "positive on the whole", Russian ambassador to the US Alexander Darchiev says, according to Russian media.

We can now bring you more positive reaction on the Russian side to the leaders' talks, which the Kremlin confirmed had ended just a short while ago.

Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev tells Interfax news agency that the Trump-Putin meeting had gone "incredibly well".

In images shared on Telegram by other Russian outlets, Dmitriev can also be seen grinning broadly and taking his seat in the press conference room.

Pressed for more detail, he skirts questions, but tells a correspondent for outlet Rossiya 24: "In just a second we'll hear all about it."

One of our reporters in the room where the news conference is due to be held has just spotted Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov sitting on the front row, alongside Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.

In a short clip shared on Telegram, Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov is asked by Russian state news agency Tass how his mood is after the Trump-Putin meeting.

“Excellent,” he says, smiling.