ANCHORAGE, the United States – US President Donald Trump said on Friday that it is up to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to strike a ceasefire deal, following his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

There would soon be a meeting involving Zelensky, Putin, and himself, the US leader said in an interview with Fox News, without giving details on the planned meeting or a possible timeline.

He also said that European countries "have to get involved a little bit," while insisting it is ultimately up to Zelensky to "get it done".

"We have a pretty good chance of getting it done," Trump said.

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The Fox News interview came after Trump said he had a "very productive meeting" with the Russian president in Anchorage earlier in the day, which ended without a deal on the Ukraine crisis.

The nearly three-hour talks at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage was the first face-to-face meeting between the presidents since 2021.  

After their talks, the two leaders held a joint press conference, where Trump said they agreed on "many points".

Standing side by side on stage for just over 10 minutes, both leaders indicated that progress had been made during their face-to-face talks, but no concrete deal was produced.

Putin said he agreed that the security of Ukraine should be ensured, and an agreement he reached with Trump would pave the way toward peace in Ukraine. The negotiations took place in a "constructive atmosphere of mutual respect" and that a personal meeting between the heads of state had been "long overdue", he said.

“Everything that's happening is a tragedy for us and a terrible wound," and Russia is sincerely interested in ending it, said the Russian leader.

He stressed that efforts must address the "primary causes" of the conflict and warned Ukraine and European countries not to "throw a wrench in the works”.

Putin expressed his hope that the meeting would be a "starting point" not only for the resolution of the Ukrainian issue, but also for helping bring back "business-like" and "pragmatic" relations between Russia and the US.

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He said Russian-US cooperation in investment and business has tremendous potential as the two countries can offer each other so much in trade, digital, high-tech and space exploration.

"We see that Arctic cooperation is also very possible in our international context.”

Describing the talks as "extremely productive", Trump said "great progress" had been made and “many points" were agreed upon.

He said he will call President Zelensky and European leaders soon.

The two leaders did not take questions from reporters at the press conference.

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The same day, Zelensky said he hopes the Trump-Putin meeting will pave the way for trilateral talks.

Before the talks began, the two leaders arrived separately at the military base by plane, then shook hands and exchanged greetings.

Trump and Putin walked toward a blue stage bearing the large words "ALASKA 2025" and posed for photographs, without taking questions. They then shared the same limousine and rode together to the meeting venue.

The two presidents had initially been expected to meet one-on-one, followed by a broader session with their delegations, according to the White House. However, the opening of the talks revealed that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, as well as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, joined the summit for three-on-three discussions.