President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting Friday in Anchorage, Alaska, for high-stakes discussions about Russia's war in Ukraine .
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the goal of the meeting is "for the president is to walk away with a better understanding of how we can end this war." A top Kremlin aide said economic cooperation between Washington and Moscow is also on the agenda.
Following the talks, Mr. Trump held a rare joint news conference with Putin, but took no questions from the press.
There were many, many points that we agreed on," but also "a couple of big ones that we haven't quite gotten there," Mr. Trump said. He added, "There's no deal until there's a deal."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was not invited to the