Donald Trump is due to speak to Vladimir Putin over a call today in yet another attempt to end the Russian president’s war on Ukraine[1].
The meeting comes just a day before Trump is set to meet Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky[2] – following speculation that the US may allow Kyiv’s use of long-range Tomahawks. Trump has criticised Putin in recent months over the his unwillingness to put an end to the fighting in Ukraine – or to meet with Zelenskiy face-to-face for peace talks. Zelensky will meet with Trump in the White House on Friday, where he is expected to ask the US President for more advanced weaponry.
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Earlier this week, Trump said he was willing to give Ukraine the weapons if Putin continued to halt peace in the region. He told reporters on Wednesday: “I might say, ‘Look: if this war is not going to get settled, I’m going to send them Tomahawks’.”
With a 2,500km reach and warheads weighing nearly half a ton, Tomahawk missiles – if approved – would hand Kyiv a major strategic edge, enabling strikes deep into Russian territory, inlcuding Moscow and Serbia.
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