Trump told Fox News: "It's in Zelensky's interest to negotiate with Putin."

"Putin and I had a great meeting, we made progress and agreed on many points," Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News after the Anchorage summit. He reiterated that "there is still no agreement" on Ukraine. But for Trump, "the meeting was a 10 out of 10," he added. After meeting with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump said that "now it's up to Zelensky and the Europeans," without specifying in what sense. "It's really up to Zelensky now," the president said in the Fox News interview, after reiterating that he and the Kremlin leader had not reached an agreement. "Putin spoke very sincerely about his desire to end the war in Ukraine."

Putin, Trump and Zelensky combo (AFP)

He reveals that he spoke again, privately, with the Kremlin leader after the press conference in Alaska. And then he turns to Zelensky: "Make a deal." This is his advice. "We need to reach an agreement. Yes. Look, Russia is a very great power, and they are not. They are great soldiers." The meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky will take place "very soon," he said, emphasizing that "both want me to participate, and I will be there."