Putin-Trump talks in Alaska have ended, Kremlin says

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a meeting, as Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff sit nearby, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump in Alaska have ended, the Kremlin said.

Trump and Putin's high-stakes summit over Moscow's war in Ukraine had stretched into its third hour on Friday, as the two world leaders sought a way to bring the deadliest conflict in Europe in 80 years to a close.