US President Donald Trump has said that just one obstacle blocked a peace deal from being agreed with Vladimir Putin at Friday's talks in Alaska.
After describing the meeting as "10 out of 10", the President said that it is up to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, along with European leaders, to get the deal over the line.
Speaking to Fox News, Mr Trump added that talks between Russia and Ukraine will be set up with leaders of both nations attending.
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Mr Trump added that talks between Russia and Ukraine will be set up with leaders of both nations attending.
| REUTERSHowever, after claiming just "one big thing" blocked a peace deal from being agreed, Mr Trump refused to detail what the obstacle involved.
On the issue of land swaps and the roadmap out of the conflict, the US President said that “those are points that we largely agreed on”.
Mr Trump also suggested that there is a possibility for prisoner of war transfers taking place between Russia and Ukraine.
He said: "I have a book of thousands of people that they presented me with today, thousands of prisoners, who will get released".
Mr Trump also suggested that there is a possibility for prisoner of war transfers taking place between Russia and Ukraine
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Mr Trump confirmed that he would attend a future meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian leaders, saying: “They both want me there, and I’ll be there".
The US President said that he was confident that peace could happen in a "fairly short" period of time.
The American leader conceded that he made a mistake in thinking the conflict would be a simple one to solve, after pledging during his election campaign that he would end the war within 24 hours of taking office.
He said: “I thought this would be the easiest of them all, and it was the most difficult".
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The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, hailed the meeting between the two world leaders as being "very positive".
Preskov claimed that the reason Mr Putin and the US President did not take any questions from the media afterwards was because they had both made "made exhaustive statements", therefore it was not necessary.
The 57-year-old said that the Alaska meeting will enable the leaders to "confidently move forward together" in finding an agreement to end the conflict.
Mr Trump urged the Ukrainian President to "make a deal".
Mr Trump advised the Ukrainian President to 'make a deal'
| REUTERSHe said: "They're fighting a big war machine, and we, I think, are close to a deal, but I don't like saying it.
"I always say, if I'm really close, I say 50-50 because so many things can happen, but I think President Putin would like to solve the problem, and it was a problem that should have never happened.
"If we get this solved, it’s a really big day because we’re going to save a lot of lives."
The US President confirmed that he would call Mr Zelensky and Nato to brief them about the details which were discussed in the Anchorage meeting.