President Trump said on Sunday that if Russia does not resolve the ongoing war with Ukraine, he may send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, the president said he might talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin before sending missiles to Ukraine. hit the target From over 1,000 miles away.
Asked what he told Putin, Trump said, “I can say that the Tomahawk is an incredible weapon, a very offensive weapon. And frankly, Russia doesn’t need it.”
Trump also spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday. Zelensky told fox news Following his talk that his country needs “long-range capabilities” and that he and Trump are “working” on getting Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.
Such a move would allow Ukraine to launch further attacks into Russia. A Russian lawmaker said last week that if the Trump administration supplied Tomahawks to Ukraine, the country would shoot them down, bomb their sites and retaliate against the US. According to Reuters,
The war, which began with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, is approaching the four-year mark – despite efforts by the Trump administration to broker a ceasefire. Overnight Saturday, Russia attacked Ukraine’s power grid, resulting in two injuries. According to the Associated Press,
Zelensky said on x On Sunday, Moscow launched more than 3,100 drones, 1,360 glide bombs and 92 missiles. He also said an aerial bomb killed a child at a church in Kostiantynivka on Saturday.
Zelensky and Putin after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of the Trump administration’s peace proposal praised Trump in recent times. The former said on the social platform meeting Tajikistan in the former Soviet Union.
Last month, Trump Said Ukraine on its truth social platform could win the war And reclaim the territory occupied by Russia. Zelensky announced It was reported last Thursday that a senior Ukrainian delegation led by Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko would visit the US this week.