According to the report, a breakthrough could occur at a three-way summit between Trump, Putin, and Zelensky. The fact that Putin agreed to such a meeting, according to Trump's account, was the greatest success of the meeting in Alaska, Graham said.

11:10 a.m.: Merz speaks with the cabinet

Following telephone calls with US President Donald Trump and other European partners, Chancellor Friedrich Merz informed the cabinet, according to government sources. Following the call with Trump, Merz invited them to a debriefing, in which a common line on further steps in a peace process for Ukraine was agreed upon, the report added.

10:50 a.m.: Tusk announces European statement

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced a joint European statement on the summit between the US and Russian presidents. A conference call between European heads of state and government and the Ukrainian president has ended, Tusk announced.

10:30 a.m.: Eleven dead after explosion at Russian factory

According to authorities, eleven people were killed in an explosion at a factory in the Russian region of Ryazan. Another 130 were injured, according to regional governor Pavel Malkov. Friday's accident was triggered by a fire in a factory hall, about 320 kilometers southeast of the capital Moscow. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, rescue workers are continuing to search the rubble for those buried. No details have been given on the cause. Ukrainian drones had previously attacked military and economic infrastructure in the Ryazan region. Russian media report that the explosion was caused by the ignition of gunpowder.

10:12 a.m.: Orban draws a positive conclusion

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban draws a positive conclusion from the meeting in Alaska."The world is a safer place today than it was yesterday," Orban writes on Facebook."For years, we have watched as the two largest nuclear powers dissolved the framework of their cooperation and sent messages to each other," he says. That is now over.

9:51 a.m.: Medvedev sees evidence of negotiations and fighting at the same time

For Russia, the summit between the two sides is proof that negotiations on ending the war and hostilities can take place simultaneously."The meeting demonstrated that negotiations without preconditions and simultaneously with the continuation of the special military operation are possible," former President Dmitry Medvedev wrote on Telegram."Special military operation" is Russia's official term for the war against Ukraine.

9:34 a.m.: Selenskyy travels to Washington on Monday

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will travel to Washington on Monday. There, he will discuss a possible end to the war with Russia with US President Trump, he writes on the short message service X.

He initially had a one-hour telephone conversation with him, which was then joined by European heads of state and government."We support President Trump's proposal for a trilateral meeting between Ukraine, the US, and Russia," Zelensky emphasized. It is important that the Europeans be involved at every stage in order to ensure reliable security guarantees together with America."We also discussed positive signals from the American side regarding ensuring Ukraine's security."

9:01 a.m.: Trump had a long conversation with Zelenskyj

Trump informed Ukrainian President Zelensky, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU), and other European heads of state and government about his meeting with Russian President Putin. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer also participated in the phone call, which lasted just over an hour, a spokeswoman for the EU Commission said on Saturday.

8:58 a.m.: Sharp criticism from the Democrats

US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sharply criticized the meeting."Donald Trump today rolled out the red carpet for the autocratic rogue Vladimir Putin," Schumer said in a statement. While details on the content of the conversation between Trump and Putin are still pending, it appears as if the US president granted the Russian legitimacy on an international stage and demanded no accountability – but received nothing in return.