Ukraine ceasefire hopes dim after historic Alaska summit

US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin met for a historic summit in Alaska, which began with a warm welcome and a flyover by jets but ended up making no headway in resolving the Ukraine conflict as the two leaders failed to reach any agreements on how to end the war.

- HTC and Agencies

After nearly three hours of talks at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Trump and Putin appeared before reporters for what was billed as a joint news conference — but they took no questions.

“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 there, but we have a very good chance of getting there.”