US President Donald Trump on Friday said he had a “very productive” meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on ending the Ukraine war, saying “we didn’t get there but have a very good chance of getting there”.

US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin met for about 2.5 hours on Saturday at a high-stakes summit in Alaska that could shape the future of the Ukraine war.

At the joint press conference that was held after the Alaska meet with US President Donald Trump, his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin said that the conflict in Ukraine would not have started if Trump would have been the President in 2022.