The president talked up his connection with Russian leader Vladimir Putin after a summit between the two failed to secure a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire.

US President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin made “great progress” but did not emerge from yesterday’s summit in Alaska with an agreement on the war in Ukraine. Follow for live updates.

The US president said a peace agreement would be better than a "mere" ceasefire, hours after summit with Putin that produced little.

President Donald Trump said on social media Saturday that a deal better than “a mere Ceasefire” is in the works with Vladimir Putin, hours after Trump’s high-stakes summit with the Russian leader in Alaska failed to produce an agreement to halt Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Achieving a ceasefire is no longer the White House’s goal—a reversal that came directly after meeting with the Russian leader.

President Trump said he wants a peace deal in Ukraine, not a ceasefire. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with Trump in Washington on Monday.

The Ukrainian president said after a call with Trump that there were “positive signals” the U.S. would participate in security arrangements to guarantee any peace deal.