Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said he discussed ways of ending the war in Ukraine "on a fair basis" at his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Speaking to top officials in Moscow a day after the talks in Alaska, Putin also said they had been "timely" and "very useful," according to images put out by the Kremlin.
"We have not had direct negotiations of this kind at this level for a long time," he said, adding: "We had the opportunity to calmly and in detail reiterate our position."
"The conversation was very frank, substantive and, in my opinion, brings us closer to the necessary decisions," he said.
Putin on Feb. 24, 2022, ordered Russian troops into Ukraine in a massive all-out invasion which has killed thousands of people, destroyed cities and forced millions of people to flee their homes.
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