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The high-profile summit in Alaska between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday was marked by a friendly tone but ended earlier than expected 鈥� and without a deal to end, or even pause, the nearly 3.5-year conflict 鈥� the largest land war in Europe since 1945.

Mr. Trump called the 2.5-hour summit 鈥渆xtremely productive鈥� but added, 鈥淭here鈥檚 no deal until there鈥檚 a deal.鈥� Mr. Putin, for his part, said he expected the day鈥檚 agreements to become 鈥渁 reference point for solving the Ukrainian problem.鈥� Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was excluded. 鈥� AP

Stay tuned for Monitor diplomatic correspondent Howard LaFranchi鈥檚 analysis in Monday鈥檚 Daily. Meanwhile, you can read the full Associated Press story here or learn more about the background and goals of the summit by catching up with this week鈥檚 summit coverage here:

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