The meeting between the U.S. president and the Russian leader didn’t appear to yield any breakthroughs.

The meeting represented a diplomatic victory for Putin after Western leaders ostracized him at the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Just a week earlier, Trump was threatening him with new sanctions.

President Donald Trump is meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska, and this is what it’s like to meet with Putin, according to former U.S. ambassador to #Russia Michael McFaul. Listen to today’s full episode of “Here’s the Scoop,