"During the meeting in Anchorage, President Trump's understanding of what the Ukrainian crisis is became clear," Oleg Karpovich, deputy rector of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said

Trump’s summit failed to achieve a ceasefire, but the Russian president will be very happy with how events are unfolding, says Rajan Menon of City College of New York

Trump posted on his Truth Social platform on the eve of a White House meeting with the Ukrainian president and European leaders.