No ceasefire, no deal. What the summit means for Trump, Putin and Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian rival Vladimir Putin left Alaska without a deal to cease fire in Ukraine.

After nearly three hours of meeting, leaders issued a joint statement to the media without raising questions.

Three BBC reporters at the summit evaluated what it means to the leaders of the United States and Russia and what will happen next in the Ukrainian war.

North American correspondent Anthony Zurcher

“It wasn’t until an agreement was reached that a deal was reached,” Donald Trump said in his post-marriage speech at Anchorage.

It’s a way of circling, admitting that after hours of talks, there is no deal. There is no ceasefire. There are no obvious reports.

The president said he and Vladimir Putin made “some huge progress” with little detail, which could be the imagination in the world.

He later said, “We didn’t get there.” No questions were collected from hundreds of collected journalists before leaving the room.

Even if the U.S. European allies and Ukrainian officials may be relieved, Trump has a long way to make this change.

For the person who likes touting himself as a peacemaker and trader, neither of Trump seems to leave Alaska.

There is also no indication that future summits will be coming, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, even though their next meeting, Putin’s “next time in Moscow” “next time”.

Although Trump has fewer negotiations than Ukraine or Russia in these negotiations, it will still put his domestic and international reputation in trouble after earlier pledging that the meeting has only a 25% chance of failure.

More importantly, the president must suffer a calm insult when Putin starts a press conference, which is not a wide opening speech. This is a clear difference compared to the common routine of the Oval Office, when the U.S. president usually holds courts without comment from foreign peers.

Although Alaska is a U.S. territory, Putin seems to be staying home more, his officials like to be “Russian America” before being sold to the U.S. in the 19th century. This could be eaten in the days of the U.S. president, which would be made with the sales summit as a failed news report.

A big question now – a journalist can’t ask questions on Friday – whether Trump will decide to impose threatened new sanctions on Russia as a punishment, or whether he will find reasons to push the deadline further and further away again.

Russian editor Steve Rosenberg

When is a “press conference” not a press conference?

When there is no problem.

The hall was surprised when Putin and President Trump left the podium when they made statements.

Members of the Russian delegation also quickly left the room without answering any questions the reporters were yelling at them.

There are clear signs that there are still significant differences in opinions on the war between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Ukraine.

Donald Trump has been pushing for a ceasefire in Russia. Vladimir Putin did not give it to him.

There was a very different atmosphere earlier in the day. President Trump has launched a red carpet for Vladimir Putin, seeing the Kremlin leaders as guests of honor.

Today, the Russian president has spent a moment in the gamut of geopolitics, sharing the stage with the leaders of the world’s most powerful country.

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

Previously, he threatened to take a tougher attitude towards Russia, and if Moscow ignores the call for a ceasefire, it will be finalized, deadlines and warnings.

He did not follow.

Will he?

BBC Monitoring by Vitaliy Shevchenko, edited by Russia

What happened in Anchorage may be counter-climax for many, but in Kiev, there will be no “deal” for “deal” to lose Ukrainian territory.

The Ukrainian people will also know that all key agreements with Russia have broken down, so they will be skeptical even if one was announced in Anchorage.

Ukrainians, however, will be shocked, and Vladimir Putin once again spoke about the “root cause” of the conflict and said that only their evacuation will lead to lasting peace.

Speaking from the Kremlin, it means he is still determined to pursue his original goal of “special military operations” – which is to demolish Ukraine as an independent state. Three and a half years of efforts in the West failed to change his mind, including the Alaska summit.

The persistent uncertainty following the meeting is also worrying. What will happen next? Will Russian attacks continue to increase?

Over the past few months, a series of Western deadlines have had no consequences and never implemented threats. Ukrainians believe this is an invitation to Putin to continue attacking. They may see a clear lack of progressive anchorage in the same light.