Overview

• The summit in Anchorage lasted nearly three hours without securing a ceasefire or a detailed written agreement
• Neither leader explained what “progress” had been made beyond calling the talks “productive”
• Trump said he will brief President Zelensky and EU allies and decide on secondary sanctions in two to three weeks
• Putin left the meeting politically strengthened and insisted that Russia’s security “root causes” must be addressed for any lasting peace
• Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces continued bombing Ukrainian territory throughout the summit