Trump and Putin make no announcements about Ukraine ahead of second meeting

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have confirmed they have made progress on several issues—although this has not been disclosed—but have not reached any agreement on the war in Ukraine. They have scheduled a second meeting, without a set date, in a joint press conference without questions from journalists after their face-to-face meeting in the US city of Anchorage, Alaska.

"It was a very in-depth meeting, and I think we had a very productive meeting. We agreed on a lot of points. On most of them, I would say there are a couple of important points where we haven't yet agreed, but we have made progress," Donald Trump said.

For his part, Putin considered the meeting to have taken place in a "respectful, constructive, and mutually respectful atmosphere" and made it clear that for peace with Ukraine, "we need to eliminate all the roots, the main causes of this conflict."

The two leaders agreed to a second meeting to continue advancing the negotiations without providing further details, although the Russian president informally suggested the next location would be the Russian capital, Moscow.

Donald Trump has said he largely agrees with Russian President Vladimir Putin on a land swap between Ukraine and Russia as part of a future peace agreement between the two countries.

Both leaders also agreed that Ukraine needs new security measures, but outside of NATO . "I agree with President Trump, as he said today, that Ukraine's security must naturally also be guaranteed," Putin said at the press conference following the face-to-face meeting between the two presidents.

"Well, I think those are points we negotiated. And they're points on which, in fact, we largely agree. I think we agreed on many things. And I can assure you, the meeting was very cordial," Trump responded when asked about the two issues mentioned in an interview on Fox News.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated last Tuesday that Ukrainian troops will not leave the Donbas region and rejected the idea of a territorial exchange with Russia, alluding that such a transfer could serve as a "springboard" for Moscow to launch a new offensive.

In this context, the White House resident has urged the Ukrainian leader to accept the deal with Russia even if "they might say no." Among Zelensky's reasons for not reaching an agreement, Trump highlights the fact that Ukraine has received significant funding from Europe and the United States during the conflict.

"Biden handed out money like candy, and Europe gave him a ton of money. We gave him $350 billion. Europe gave him much less, but still a lot: $100 billion," he said on television.

U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by phone early Friday morning with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, and other European leaders to inform them of his meeting in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The call lasted more than an hour and also included the leaders Trump had previously spoken with on Wednesday, in a virtual meeting prior to the face-to-face meeting that ultimately took place in Anchorage and ended without any agreements.

Thus, in addition to the heads of state and government of countries such as the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have also joined this second meeting, according to an EU spokesperson.

On the other hand, Donald Trump, before his meeting in Alaska with Vladimir Putin, said that Russia has lost India as a buyer of crude oil , and warned that he could apply the announced secondary sanctions, although he left the door open to not doing so, after weeks of growing trade tensions between Washington and New Delhi over Indian imports of Russian oil.

"Well, (Putin) has lost an oil customer, so to speak, which is India, which was buying about 40% of the oil. China, as you know, is buying a lot of it… And if I apply what's called a secondary sanction, or a secondary tariff, it would be very devastating from their standpoint. If I have to do it, I will. I may not have to do it," Trump said in an interview with Fox News ahead of his meeting with Putin on Friday.

The statements come amid trade tensions with New Delhi, after Washington announced an additional 25% tariff on Indian imports, which, in addition to the existing tariff, will raise the total levy to 50% starting August 27.

The Indian government called the measure "unfair, unjustified, and irrational" and warned that it would "take all necessary actions" to defend its interests. New Delhi also accused the West of "hypocrisy" for criticizing its imports of Russian oil while maintaining trade in other energy sectors such as gas and uranium.

The energy debate has intensified with Trump's accusations that India is reselling Russian crude "at a huge profit" through the so-called "refinery loophole," a legal mechanism by which Russian oil is processed in Indian plants and exported as diesel or other refined products, allowing it to reach even Europe without formally violating sanctions.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has defended the country's energy policy as a response to the "national need" of ensuring affordable energy for its 1.4 billion people, and also warned that India is willing to "pay a huge price" to protect its farmers, another of the most sensitive issues in the trade dispute with the United States.

The tariff uncertainty following weeks of stalled negotiations with India parallels the Chinese economy, where Trump postponed imposing new tariffs for 90 days due to a lack of consensus.

This statement reinforces Donald Trump's strategic stance, which is yet another warning on the global trade scene with no guaranteed political implications, by promising "very devastating" sanctions that he "may" not have to implement.

Meanwhile, Russian and Ukrainian authorities reported attacks in both territories Saturday night , resulting in the downing of nearly 100 unmanned aerial vehicles. This was the same night that US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a bilateral meeting to try to reach an agreement in Ukraine, but so far, the meeting has yielded no results.

The Ukrainian air force has reported that at least 85 drones have attacked the Sumi, Donetsk, Chernihiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions, as well as one ballistic missile attack.

"According to preliminary data, as of 8:00 a.m. local time, air defenses suppressed 61 enemy Shahed UAVs and simulated drones of various types in the north and east of the country. Missile and 24 UAV hits were recorded at 12 locations," they said in a Telegram message.

For its part, the Russian Defense Ministry has stated that the army has intercepted 29 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over several Russian regions and the Sea of Azov.

"Ten over the Rostov region, nine over the Stavropol region, four over the Kursk region, one UAV was shot down over the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Krasnodar regions, and three over the waters of the Sea of Azov," the Russian Ministry said in a message on the same platform.

In his Friday evening address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of "continuing to kill" on the same day the US and Russian leaders are meeting in a show of force just hours before the Alaska summit.

A meeting in which President Trump placed the responsibility for future developments in the hands of the Ukrainian president , urging him to reach an agreement with Russia.