In the early hours of Saturday morning following a summit in Alaska between the leaders of Russia and the United States, senior politicians in Moscow were quick to trumpet the meeting as a win for Russia and its narrative of the war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump has failed to secure an agreement from Vladimir Putin to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, falling short in his most significant move yet to stop the bloodshed, even after rolling out the red carpet for the man who started it.

Russian media has lavished attention on the summit, hailing it as a win for Moscow and a proof of the country’s diplomatic revival. Pro-Kremlin outlets, which dispatched dozens of reporters to the U.S.