A closely watched summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin ended abruptly Friday, with both leaders claiming progress toward ending the war in Ukraine.
Details on whatever breakthroughs were reached have been scant, perhaps by design.
The leaders walked out of three hours of closed-door talks and quickly delivered brief remarks before reporters. They took no questions but talked of reaching an understanding whose contours remain elusive.
Amid the diplomatic haze, Trump shifted responsibility for maintaining the purported momentum to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is slated to visit the White House soon, ahead of a potential trilateral meeting with the U.S. president and Putin.
The U.S. president further dropped his long-held demand for a Ukraine cease-fire, saying in a late-night social media post that his talks with Putin were "great and very successful."
