(16 Aug 2025)
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Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska – 15 August 2025
1. Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Vladimir Putin, President of Russia:
"I would like to thank President Trump for our joint work, for the well-wishing and trustworthy tone of our conversation. It’s important that both sides are result-oriented, and we see that the President of the U.S. has a very clear idea of what he would like achieve. He sincerely cares about prosperity of his nation. Still, he understands that Russia has its own national interests. I expect that today’s agreements will be the starting point, not only for the solution of the Ukrainian issue, but also will help us bring back businesslike and pragmatic relations between Russia and the U.S.."
3. Cutaway of Trump listening
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Vladimir Putin, President of Russia:
"And I agree with President Trump, as he has said today, that naturally the security of Ukraine should be ensured as well. Naturally, we are prepared to work on that. I would like to hope that the agreement that we’ve reached together will help us bring closer that goal and will pave the path towards peace in Ukraine."
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Vladimir Putin, President of Russia:
"And I have every reason to believe that moving down this path we can come, and the sooner the better, to the end of the conflict in Ukraine. Thank you. Thank you."
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:
"Well, thank you very much, Mr. President. That was very profound. And I will say that I believe we had a very productive meeting. There were many, many points that we agreed on, most of them, I would say, a couple of big ones that we haven’t quite gotten there, but we’ve made some headway. So there’s no deal until there’s a deal."
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:
"We really made some great progress today. I’ve always had a fantastic relationship with President Putin, with Vladimir."
8. Cutaway of Putin listening
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:
"But we had an extremely productive meeting and many points were agreed to. There are just a very few that are left. Some are not that significant. One is probably the most significant. But we have a very good chance of getting there. We didn’t get there, but have a good chance at getting there."
10. Cutaway of Putin
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:
"So, again, Mr. President, I’d like to thank you very much and we’ll speak to you very soon and probably see you again very soon. Thank you very much, Vladimir.
(Putin: And next time in Moscow.)
Oh, that’s an interesting one. I don’t know. I’ll get a little heat on that one, but I could see it possibly happening. Thank you, very much Vladimir, and thank you all. Thank you. Thank you. (Putin: Thank you so much.)"
12. Mid, both men shake hands
STORYLINE:
U.S. President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had "very productive" talks in Alaska Friday but left without reaching a deal to end the war in Ukraine.
For his part, Putin said he and Trump reached an “understanding” and suggested a meeting in Moscow could be next.
The much-anticipated summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin began with a warm welcome and a flyover by screaming jets at a U.S. military base in Alaska but ended with a thud after they conceded that they had failed to reach any agreements on how to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
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