U.S. President Donald Trump said that following the summit in Alaska with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, which failed to bring an immediate ceasefire, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be coming to the Oval Office in Washington on Monday afternoon.

"If all works out, we will then schedule a meeting with President Putin," Trump said in a Truth Social post. "The best way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a Peace Agreement, which would end the war, and not a mere ceasefire agreement."

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said he would travel to Washington. 

"I will meet with President Trump in Washington, DC, to discuss all of the details regarding ending the killing and the war. I am grateful for the invitation," Zelenskyy said on X.

He said he spoke to Trump on Saturday in a call that lasted for more than an hour and a half, and that they were joined after an hour by European and NATO officials.

A group of European leaders jointly pledged to continue support for Ukraine and to maintain pressure on Russia.

'A glimmer of hope'

The joint statement was from European leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen, after they were briefed by Trump on his talks with Putin.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said in a statement, "A glimmer of hope has finally opened to discuss peace in Ukraine. Italy is doing its part, along with its Western allies."

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen posted on X, "The EU is working closely with @ZelenskyyUA and the United States to reach a just and lasting peace. Strong security guarantees that protect Ukrainian and European vital security interests are essential."

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he welcomed the openness of the U.S. to provide robust security guarantees to Ukraine as part of any deal to stop the conflict after speaking to President Trump and other European partners.

"This is important progress and will be crucial in deterring Putin from coming back for more," he said in a statement.

Trilateral meeting

Zelenskyy has repeatedly said that a trilateral meeting with the Russian and U.S. leaders is crucial to finding a way to end the full-scale conflict that has gone on since February 2022.

Trump this week voiced the idea of such a meeting, saying it could happen if his bilateral talks with Putin were successful.

The Ukrainian leader has frequently underlined the importance of security guarantees for Kyiv as part of any deal, to deter Russia from launching a new attack at some point in the future.

"We also discussed positive signals from the American side regarding participation in guaranteeing Ukraine’s security," Zelenskyy said after his call with Trump.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Ukraine should agree to a deal to end the conflict with Russia.

At a brief appearance before the media after nearly three hours of talks in Alaska, Trump and Putin said they had made progress on unspecified issues. But they offered no details and took no questions, with the normally loquacious Trump ignoring shouted questions from reporters.

"We've made some headway," Trump said, standing in front of a backdrop that read, "Pursuing Peace."

"There's no deal until there's a deal," he added.

Putin signals no movement

Putin however signaled no movement in Russia's long-held position on Ukraine, saying it was necessary to eliminate the "root causes" of the crisis and address Moscow's "legitimate concerns."

He said he agreed with Trump that Ukraine's security must be "ensured."

"We are ready to work on this. I would like to hope that the understanding we have reached will allow us to get closer to that goal and open the way to peace in Ukraine," Putin said.

"We expect that Kyiv and the European capitals will perceive all of this in a constructive manner and will not create any obstacles. That they will not attempt to disrupt the emerging progress through provocation or behind-the-scenes intrigue."

Neither leader specified any concrete move towards a ceasefire in the fighting in Ukraine, a goal that Trump had set ahead of the summit.

The conflict - the deadliest in Europe for 80 years - has killed or injured well over a million people from both sides, including thousands of mostly Ukrainian civilians, according to analysts.

Trump signaled that he discussed potential land swaps and security guarantees for Ukraine with Putin, telling Fox News' Sean Hannity: "I think those are points that we negotiated, and those are points that we largely have agreed on."

"I think we're pretty close to a deal," he said, adding: "Ukraine has to agree to it. Maybe they'll say no."

When asked by Hannity what he would advise Zelenskyy, Trump said: "Gotta make a deal."

"Look, Russia is a very big power, and they're not. They're great soldiers," Trump added.

'A determined opponent'

Trump's talk of land swaps before the summit had prompted fears in Kyiv and Europe that he and Putin might reach an agreement between themselves and try to impose it on Ukraine, forcing Kyiv to accept deeply unfavorable terms.

Those fears apparently did not materialize. But simply sitting down face-to-face with the U.S. president represented a victory for Putin, who had been ostracized by Western leaders since Russia's full-scale attack on Ukraine and just a week earlier had been facing a threat of new sanctions from Trump.

"Putin is a determined opponent, and, yes, he basically won this round because he got something for nothing. Still, Trump did not sell out Ukraine," Cold War historian Sergey Radchenko posted on X.

Putin made no mention of meeting Zelenskyy when speaking to reporters earlier. Russian state news agency TASS quoted Putin's foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov as saying the possibility of a three-way summit including Zelenskyy had not been discussed.

"We must continue to put pressure on Russia, and even increase it, to give the clear signal to Russia that it must pay the price (for its attack on Ukraine)," Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide told reporters in Oslo.

In another reaction from a NATO country, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said, "The results of the Alaska summit confirm that while the U.S. and its allies are seeking paths to peace, Putin is still only interested in the greatest possible territorial gains and the restoration of the Soviet empire.”

And Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban wrote on Facebook, "For years we have watched the two biggest nuclear powers dismantle the framework of their cooperation and shoot unfriendly messages back and forth. That has now come to an end. Today the world is a safer place than it was yesterday."

Anticlimactic end?

Both Russia and Ukraine carried out overnight air attacks. Russia launched 85 attack drones and a ballistic missile targeting Ukraine's territory, Ukraine's Air Force said. It said its air defense units destroyed 61 of them.

The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said 139 clashes had taken place on the front line over the past day. Russia said its air defenses intercepted and destroyed 29 Ukrainian drones overnight.

Trump has threatened sanctions on Moscow but has thus far not followed through, even after Putin ignored a Trump-imposed ceasefire deadline earlier this month.

The anticlimactic end to the closely watched summit was in stark contrast to the pomp and circumstance with which it began. When Putin arrived at an Air Force base in Alaska, a red carpet awaited him, where Trump greeted the Russian president warmly as U.S. military aircraft flew overhead.

Putin is wanted by the International Criminal Court, accused of the war crime of deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine. Russia denies the allegations, and the Kremlin has dismissed the ICC warrant as null and void. Russia and the United States are not members of the court.

Trump ended his remarks by telling Putin, "I'd like to thank you very much, and we'll speak to you very soon and probably see you again very soon."

"Next time in Moscow," a smiling Putin responded in English. Trump said he might "get a little heat on that one" but that he could "possibly see it happening."