“ According to Axios, US President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a tense meeting on Friday that he has no intention of providing long-range Tomahawk missiles, at least not now, as he prioritizes diplomacy. Source: Axios, citing sources familiar with the Trump-Zelensky meeting Details: The publication notes that Zelensky had hoped to leave Washington with promises of new weapons for Ukraine, but Trump appeared to be in a completely different mood the day after a lengthy phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to Axios sources, Trump has made it clear that his priority right now is diplomacy, and he believes giving up the Tomahawk could undermine that. One source said the meeting “wasn’t easy,” while another called it “bad.” One Axios source put it bluntly: “No one was yelling, but Trump was tough.” Another Axios source put it bluntly: “Trump made some sharp statements during the meeting, and it got a little emotional at times.” Details: Axios adds that the meeting ended abruptly after 2.5 hours. “I think we’re done. We’ll see what happens next week,” Trump said, referring to the planned talks between the US and Russia. What preceded: Zelenskyi said that the Ukrainian and American sides have decided not to talk publicly about long-range systems yet and added that the US does not want an escalation. He also said that “the Russians are afraid of Tomahawks as a “combination of weapons systems” that Ukraine can receive from the United States. Background: on October 17, a bilateral meeting took place in the White House in the format of an official lunch with the participation of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi and the President of the United States Donald Trump. As reported, one of the key topics of the conversation between Trump and Zelenskyi will be the issue of the possible provision of Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles. After a conversation with the head of the Kremlin on Thursday, the American president said that the Russian ruler did not like the idea of supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine. Zelenskyi said before lunch that he would offer Donald Trump a deal to receive Tomahawk cruise missiles in exchange for Ukrainian drone systems. The interlocutor of the UP reported that the Ukrainian delegation at a bilateral lunch in Washington on October 17, she showed her American colleagues a map with the “pain points” of the Russian defense industry and military economy.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
photo: Telegram of Zelenskyi Source: Axios citing sources familiar with the Trump-Zelensky meeting
Details: The publication notes that Zelensky had hoped to leave Washington with promises of new weapons for Ukraine, but it turned out that Trump was in a completely different mood the day after a long phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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According to Axios sources, Trump has made it clear that his priority right now is diplomacy, and he believes giving up the Tomahawk could undermine that.
One source said the meeting “wasn’t easy,” while another called it “bad.”
Direct speech one of Axios’ sources: “No one was yelling, but Trump was tough.”
Direct speech another Axios source said: “Trump made some sharp statements during the meeting, and it got a little emotional at times.”
Details: Axios adds that the meeting ended abruptly after 2.5 hours.
“I think we’re done. We’ll see what happens next week,” Trump said, referring to the planned talks between the US and Russia.
What preceded: Zelensky stated that the Ukrainian and American sides have decided not to talk publicly about long-range systems yet and added that the US does not want an escalation. He also said that “the Russians are afraid of Tomahawks” as a “combination of weapons systems” that Ukraine can receive from the United States.
Prehistory:
- On October 17, the White House hosted a bilateral meeting in the format of an official lunch with the participation of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi and the President of the United States Donald Trump.
- As reported, one of the key topics of the conversation between Trump and Zelensky will be the issue of the possible provision of long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.
- After a conversation with the head of the Kremlin on Thursday, the American president said that the Russian ruler did not like the idea of supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.
- Zelenskyi said before lunch that he would offer Donald Trump a deal to receive Tomahawk cruise missiles in exchange for Ukrainian drone systems.
- The interlocutor of the UP reported that the Ukrainian delegation at a bilateral lunch in Washington on October 17 showed American colleagues a map with the “pain points” of the Russian defense industry and military economy.