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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin ended their three-hour private summit in Alaska on Friday night without reaching any deal to stop the war in Ukraine, or the sanctions heading Russia’s way. The meeting, held at an Air Force base in Anchorage, was the first time both men met since 2019, but despite the buildup and the “Pursuing Peace” backdrop behind them, there was no progress on the main issue: stopping the bloodshed that’s already killed over a million people. Trump said they had “many, many points” of agreement but admitted they hadn’t gotten to the big ones. “So there’s no deal until there’s a deal,” he said, summing up what ended up being three hours of talks with no actual results. Putin gave short comments too, warning Ukraine and its European partners not to mess with the “progress,” even though nothing solid was presented. No questions were taken from the press. No documents signed. Just two presidents in front of microphones offering vague words and no commitments. Zelenskiy kept out as Trump aims for a second round Inside the base, Trump was flanked by Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, and Steve Witkoff, his special envoy to Russia. Putin came with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and top foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov. They met in a secured room while the clock ticked, and by the end, the biggest headline was the lack of one. Trump’s original goal was to get Putin to commit to meeting Volodymyr Zelenskiy and hammer out a deal to end the war that began in February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine. But Zelenskiy didn’t even get an invite. Fears from Kyiv and European capitals were mostly that Trump might let Russia keep the territories it’s already taken, locking in Moscow’s control over about 20% of Ukraine’s…

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