WASHINGTON —

The much-anticipated summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin began with a warm welcome and a flyover by screaming jets at a U.S. military base in Alaska, but ended with a thud Friday after they conceded that they had failed to reach any agreements on how to end the Russia-Ukraine war .

After about 2 1/2 hours of talks at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, the two men appeared before reporters for what had been billed as a joint news conference — but they took no questions.

Video above: Trump says peace accord, rather than ceasefire, is 'the best way' to end Russia-Ukraine war

"We had an extremely productive meeting and many points were agreed to, there are just a very few that are left," Trump said. "We didn't get the

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