Trump did not refuse to provide Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles – Zelensky

US President Donald Trump did not refuse to provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a conversation with journalists, , according to Suspilne.

According to him, during a visit to the White House on August 18, they discussed the transfer of these long-range missiles. The US President said that Washington would consider such a possibility.

"Now at the last meeting, I did not hear "no". I heard that they will work at the technical level and will consider this possibility," Zelensky said.

Also, this meeting, combined with the events at the front, made Trump more widely aware that the Russians are not "selling" him what they are actually capable of doing.

According to Zelensky, reality shows that Russians will not be able to capture eastern Ukraine "very quickly".

• on July 15, WP reported that Trump was thinking of providing Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles, but so far has limited himself to ATACMS.
• On September 26, The Telegraph wrote that Zelenskiy asked Trump for long-range Tomahawk missiles at a meeting in New York. However, according to Axios, the US president allegedly refused to sell Tomahawk missiles to NATO members for further transfer to Ukraine.
• On October 7, Trump said that "has almost made a decision" on Tomahawk supplies to Ukraine. At the same time, he emphasized that he was "not looking for escalation.".