NBC News Special Report S2025E10 - President Trump and President Putin Hold Joint Press Conference

President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not reach a deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine after talks in Alaska today.

Putin said he and Trump had reached an "understanding" on Ukraine and warned Europe not to "torpedo the nascent progress." But Trump said, "There's no deal until there's a deal," adding that he plans to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders soon.

Neither president provided any substantive details, nor did they take any questions from reporters after speaking for a combined total of about 12 minutes.

NBC News' Richard Engel, reporting from Kharkiv, Ukraine, heard air raid sirens go off as the Trump-Putin news conference was ending.